1937 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1937 VPI Gobblers football Southern Conference SoCon 5–5 2–4 Henry Redd 6th Carol Leo Shockey Miles Stadium The 1937 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1937 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). Schedule Eastern September 18 w y Roanoke Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 27–7 4,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-vpi-again-defeats-r/142949679/ The Roanoke Times V.P.I. again defeats Roanoke September 19, 1937 March 8, 2024 Newspapers.comV. P. I. Routs Roanoke https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-09-19/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 19, 1937 30 October 12, 2022Virginia Tech Takes Opening Tilt from Maroons, 27-7 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TBA19370922.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Roanoke College Brackety-ack September 22, 1937 4 January 22, 2024Gobblers Win Over Roanoke College Maroons, 27 To 7 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19370919.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times September 19, 1937 6 January 30, 2024 September 25 8:00 p.m. l y Duke World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC 0–25 11,000–12,000 Night Game to Usher in 1937 Grid Season For Blue Devil Eleven https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukechronicle/dchnp59002 Duke University The Duke Chronicle September 24, 1937 1 October 4, 2022Wademen Open Season With Win Over V.P.I. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukechronicle/dchnp59003 Duke University The Duke Chronicle September 28, 1937 3 October 4, 2022Duke Too Strong For V. P. I., 25-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-09-26/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 26, 1937 25 October 12, 2022 October 2 l y y Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN 0–27 10,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83045522/tennessee-tramples-virginia-tech-27-to/ Richmond Times-Dispatch Tennessee Tramples Virginia Tech, 27 to 0 October 3, 1937 October 4, 2022 Newspapers.comLong Vol Dashes Down V. P. I., 27-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-10-03/ed-1/seq-33/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 3, 1937 33 October 12, 2022 October 9 l y William & Mary City Stadium Richmond, VA 0–12 6,000 W. And M. Smashes V. P. I.'s Mastery https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-10-10/ed-1/seq-35/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 10, 1937 35 October 12, 2022 October 16 8:00 p.m. l y NC State Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC 7–13 7,000 State Defeats V.P.I. Gobblers By 13–7 Count https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v18n6-1937-10-22#?cv=2&c=&m=&xywh=-3981%2C0%2C13686%2C7852 North Carolina State University Technician October 22, 1937 3 October 4, 2022N. C. State Is Victor https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-10-17/ed-1/seq-31/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 17, 1937 31 October 12, 2022 October 23 w y Washington and Lee Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 19–7 5,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107974816/w-ls-state-title-hopes-smashed-by-t/ Richmond Times-Dispatch W. & L.'s State Title Hopes Smashed by Tech, 19–7 October 24, 1937 October 4, 2022 Newspapers.comBig Blue Downed 19-7 At Tech Homecoming https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/29235/RTP_19371026.pdf Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 26, 1937 3 October 12, 2022V. P. I. Ends Losses in W. and L. Tussle https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-10-24/ed-1/seq-28/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 24, 1937 28 October 12, 2022V. P. I. Trounces Generals, 19 to 7 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19371028.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News October 28, 1937 7 December 2, 2022 October 30 w y 1937 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 31–0 3,000 Romp For V. P. I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-10-31/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 31, 1937 27 October 12, 2022 November 6 l y Richmond City Stadium Richmond, VA 7–12 Spiders Pull Upset; Break VPI Jinx, 12-7 https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19371112.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- University of Richmond The Richmond Collegian November 12, 1937 1 October 12, 2022Richmond Finally Wins From V. P. I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-11-07/ed-1/seq-28/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 7, 1937 28 October 12, 2022Richmond Nips VPI https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19371107.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times November 7, 1937 6 January 30, 2024 November 13 2:10 p.m. w y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA rivalry 14–7 7,000–7,500 Tar Heel Eleven Next Virginia Foe https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2753601 University of Virginia The Daily Progress November 15, 1937 8 October 12, 2022Tie Jinx Is Ended As V.P.I. Triumphs https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1937-11-14/ed-1/seq-36/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 14, 1937 36 October 12, 2022 November 25 w y VMI Maher Field Roanoke, VA rivalry 12–6 20,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90924322/va-tech-beats-vmi-12-to-6/ The Baltimore Sun Va. Tech Beats V.M.I., 12 to 6 November 26, 1937 October 4, 2022 Newspapers.comV. M. I. Defeated Thursday Before Large Crowd https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19371202.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News December 2, 1937 7 December 4, 2022 Before the season The 1936 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–5 record and were led by Henry Redd in his fifth season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke Roanoke at VPI Roanoke VPI 0 7 0 0 7 7 6 7 September 18, 1937 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 4,000 "Ideal" Henry Gerard (Illinois) 1937 Roanoke Maroons football team VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Stadium. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Vecellio (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Shockey (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Cameron, Cregger, B. Davis, DeMuro, Dunn, King, Mart, Oliver, Pitts and Rountree. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Stanley Snidow (left end), Dexter Goodwin (left tackle), Robert Anderson (left guard), Fred Coots (center), Larry Larson (right guard), Victor Cotter (right tackle), Kenneth Moore (right end), Bill Mongiello (quarterback), Perry Crumley (left halfback), Bernard Pedneau (right halfback), Rodney Lester (fullback). The substitutes were: Mack Barnitz, Ed Goodwin, John Higgins, Rip Patrone, Rice, Conley Snidow, Wilson and Sam Yeager. Duke Duke Vs. VPI Duke VPI 7 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 September 25, 1937 World War Memorial StadiumGreensboro, NC 8:00 p.m. 11,000–12,000 1937 Duke Blue Devils football team After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Duke University at World War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Robison (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Shockey (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The starting lineup for Duke was: Herbert Hudgins (left end), Joe Brunansky (left tackle), Bolo Perdue (left guard), Dan Hill (center), Buckle Badgett (right guard), Woody Lipscomb (right tackle), Fred Edwards (right end), Elmore Hackney (quarterback), Robert Spangler (left halfback), Eric Tipton (right halfback), Bob O'Mara (fullback). The substitutes were: Blackie Baskerville, Frank Ribar and Hardwood Smith. Tennessee VPI at Tennessee VPI Tenn 0 0 0 0 7 14 0 6 October 2, 1937 Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN 10,000 Slutz (Depauw) 1937 Tennessee Volunteers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Powers (quarterback), DeMuro (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Cameron, Dunn, Ellison, Mast, Pitts, Shawhan, William and Worthington. The starting lineup for Tennessee was: George Hunter (left end), Robert Fulton (left tackle), William Leffler (left guard), Joseph Little (center), Joe Black Hayes (right guard), Boyd Clay (right tackle), Ralph Eldred (right end), William McCarren (quarterback), Walter "Babe" Wood (left halfback), Cheek Duncan (right halfback), Marion Perkins (fullback). The substitutes were: Bacon, William F. Barnes, Sam Bartholomew, George Cafego, Leonard Coffman, Frank Crawford, Disspayne, Fields, Thomas "Red" Harp, Gerald Hendricks, Hereford, Melvin Herring, Bonnie Hodge, Carl Hubbuck, Van Kelley, Samuel Levine, Markey Luttrell, Allen Ramsey, Reno, Alvin Rice, Jim Rike, William Sanders, Robert Sneed, Alfred Thomas, Webber, Bob Woodruff and Bowden Wyatt. William & Mary William & Mary vs. VPI W&M VPI 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 October 9, 1937 City StadiumRichmond, VA 6,000 Richard Carrington (UVA) 1937 William & Mary Indians football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Mast (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Shockey (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Cameron, Cregger, DeMuro, Dunn, King, Pitt, Powers, Vecellio and Wilson. The starting lineup for William & Mary was: John Coiner (left end), Samuel Walker (left tackle), Hugh McGowan (left guard), Herbert Krueger (center), John Davidson (right guard), John Dillard (right tackle), Stan Kamen (right end), Otis Bunch (quarterback), Charles Hall (left halfback), Yeager (right halfback), Gus Twiddy (fullback). The substitutes were: Tommy Della Torre, Mike Hook, Elmo Legg and Arthur Tanner. NC State VPI at NC State VPI NC State 0 0 7 0 7 0 6 0 October 16, 1937 Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NC 8:00 p.m. 7,000 Ervin (Drake) 1937 NC State Wolfpack football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Cameron (right end), Mast (quarterback), DeMuro (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Henry (fullback). The substitutes were: Robison. The starting lineup for NC State was: Connie Mack Berry (left end), E. V. Helms (left tackle), J. B. Hines (left guard), W. H. Retter (center), Warren Wooden (right guard), George Fry (right tackle), Dick Thompson (right end), George Murphy (quarterback), Artie Rooney (left halfback), Joseph Schwerdt (right halfback), Paul Lozier (fullback). The substitutes were: Eddie Berlinski. Washington and Lee Washington and Lee at VPI W&L VPI 0 7 0 0 6 0 6 7 October 23, 1937 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 5,000 "bitterly cold" Henry Gerard (Illinois) 1937 Washington and Lee Generals football team VPI's 1937 homecoming game was a victory over Washington and Lee. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Cameron, Darnell, Ellison, King and Robison. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Bob Spessard (left end), Richard "Dick" Boisseau (left tackle), J. D. Wilson (left guard), William Rogers (center), William Brown (right guard), Joseph Ochsie (right tackle), Charles Lykes (right end), Don Dunlap (quarterback), C. Harrison Hogan (left halfback), R. M. White (right halfback), L. E. Long (fullback). The substitutes were: Raymond Craft, Merton "Chubby" Howard, James Humphrey, R. Shack Parrish and Francis Sugrue. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney at VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 12 0 6 13 October 30, 1937 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 3,000 Raymond Dufour (Catholic) The starting lineup for VPI was: Cameron (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Willson (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Buchanan, Darnell, Devlin, Doxey, Dunn, Futrell, Hamer, McClelland, Montague, Oliver, Pitt, Powers, Robison, Rothrock, Rountree, Shockey, Simpson, Waugh and Wright. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Robert Kincaid (left end), Johnson (left tackle), Sullivan (left guard), Walter "Jack" Pedigo (center), Albert Howard (right guard), Thomas Crume (right tackle), Craft (right end), John Richardson (quarterback), Stuart Walden (left halfback), Williams (right halfback), Charles Spencer (fullback). The substitutes were: James Armistead, Barnes, Batten, Albert Buchinsky, Flannigan, Willie Hall, Frank Hyde, May, Luke McCallion, Harry Null, O'Hair and Sawyers. Richmond VPI at Richmond VPI Richmond 0 0 7 0 12 0 0 0 November 6, 1937 City StadiumRichmond, VA Richard Carrington (UVA) 1937 Richmond Spiders football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Oliver (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Darnell and Shockey. The starting lineup for Richmond was: Joseph Straughan (left end), Charles Siddall (left tackle), William Via (left guard), Wilson Faris (center), Forrest Norvell (right guard), William Morrison (right tackle), Avalon Marchant (right end), Len Kielpinski (quarterback), Stuart Hoskins (left halfback), Buddy Lawless (right halfback), Clyde Pendleton (fullback). The substitutes were: Ed Merrick and Ed Sinar. Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 November 13, 1937 Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA 2:10 p.m. 7,000–7,500 Thomas Kain 1937 Virginia Cavaliers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Darnell (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Shockey. The starting lineup for Virginia was: James Sargeant (left end), William Weeks (left tackle), Ray Schmidt (left guard), Keilman (center), John Acree (right guard), Arthur Bryant (right tackle), George (right end), Walter Smith (quarterback), Peter Nistad (left halfback), Jim Gillette (right halfback), Harry McClaugherty (fullback). The substitutes were: Harry Dinwiddie. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 November 25, 1937 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 20,000 1937 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Robison (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Shockey (fullback). The starting lineup for VMI was: Ray Brittingham (left end), Richard Strickler (left tackle), Thomas Gray (left guard), Richard Irby (center), William "Red" Echols (right guard), Fieldler (right tackle), E. Ray Taylor (right end), Billy Roberson (quarterback), Vendel "Bud" Kovar (left halfback), Paul Shu (right halfback), Andy Trzeciak (fullback). After the season In December 1937, the VPI players chose Frank Pierce as captain of the 1938 VPI Gobblers football team.Pierce Named Tech Captain https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19371207.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times December 7, 1937 6 January 17, 2025 Players Roster VPI 1937 roster James Raymond Belcher Stephen B. Bogese Irving Ward Boswell Billy Boyd Graham S. Buchanan Archie Cameron Joe Carr Martin Ricks Cobb Pete Cregger Weldon Darnell Junior Davis Phil DeMuro W. H. Devlin Lloyd Doxey Samuel Bascom Dunn Mathew Leslie Ellison Leonard H. Futrell James Anthony Gaugler John Alfred Hamer Mel Henry Paul Higgins Wade Hampton Hitt Woodrow Kantner E. S. King Howard Mast William McClelland Al Miller R. P. Murray Frank Lovitt Oliver Frank Pierce David Marion Pitts Stanley Covington "Sonny" Powers Arthur Robison Brick Rothrock Rochelle Rountree Daniel Green Shawhan Carol Shockey (Capt.) Chilton Shorter Claude Simpson George Thorpe Leo Vecellio Edgar Waugh Boswell William Louis Willson Neil Saunders Wood Robert Woolwine Woodrum Woolwine George Worthington Thomas Wright Walter E. Zilahy Varsity letter winners Eighteen players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1937 VPI team.1937 VPI Letterwinners Virginia Tech January 6, 2023 https://hokiesports.com/sports/2018/5/1/football-player-letterwinners.aspx Player Hometown Notes James Raymond Belcher Petersburg, Virginia Archibald Branks Cameron Cranford, New Jersey World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart. Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger Cripple Creek, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). Weldon Tolliver "Kinky" Darnell Winston-Salem, North Carolina James Blackwell "Junior" Davis Fauquier County, Virginia Philip Galliano DeMuro Passaic, New Jersey William Harper Devlin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Lloyd Gibbs Doxey Halifax, North Carolina World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. Melvin Henry Cumberland, Maryland Ernest Stuart King Disputanta, Virginia Howard Dilworth Mast Lynnhaven, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant (junior grade), Navy). Albert Sanford Miller Hampton, Virginia Ruffner Page Murray Memphis, Tennessee Frank Marion Pierce Suffolk, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). Arthur Stephen Robison Richmond, Virginia World War II veteran (Army). Carol Leo Shockey (Capt.) Shockeysville, Virginia Leo Arthur Vecellio Beckley, West Virginia World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Legion of Merit. George Yellott Worthington Washington, DC Coaching and training staff Head coach: Henry Redd Assistant coaches Backfield coach: Herbert McEver Line coach: Sumner D. Tilson Manager: W. B. Wine Freshman coaches Freshman head coach: C. E. Tilson Assistant freshman coach and trainer: Thomas A. Slusser References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers