1936 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1936 VPI Gobblers football Southern Conference SoCon 5–5 3–5 Dave Jones Henry Redd 5th Miles Stadium The 1936 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, now known as Virginia Tech, in the 1936 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). It finished with a 3–5 record in the Southern Conference. The Gobblers were shut out in all five of the games they lost. The team was 3-0 on its home field, Miles Stadium. It won three of its last four games, finishing the year beating arch-rival Virginia 7–6 at home, and winning the annual Thanksgiving Day contest against VMI at Maher Field in Roanoke. Schedule Eastern September 19 w y Roanoke Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 16–7 3,500 V. P. I. Looks Good During First Half https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-09-20/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 20, 1936 29 October 12, 2022Roanoke Bows to Powerful Techmen in Opener, 16-7 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TBA19360924.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Roanoke College Brackety-ack September 24, 1936 1 January 22, 2024VPI Defeats Roanoke Maroons, 16-7 In First Game https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19360920.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times September 20, 1936 6 January 30, 2024 September 26 3:00 p.m. l y Clemson Riggs Field Calhoun, SC 0–20 5,000–6,000 V.P.I. Game Features Homecoming; Bengals Favored in Tech Game Saturday http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2139&context=tiger_newspaper Clemson University The Tiger September 24, 1936 1 October 12, 2022Tigers Down Va. Tech http://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2140&context=tiger_newspaper Clemson University The Tiger October 1, 1936 7 October 12, 2022Clemson Is Slow To Master V. P. I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-09-27/ed-1/seq-23/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 27, 1936 23 October 12, 2022 October 3 l y Maryland Maher Field Roanoke, VA 0–6 2,500 Terrapins Snap, Gobblers Gobble; Liners Win, 6-0 https://digital.lib.umd.edu/result/id/2f4b7570-c386-40a5-b37a-8cd55a90e8d0?relpath=pcdm University of Maryland, College Park The Diamondback October 5, 1936 1 September 22, 2024Maryland Conquers V.P.I., 6-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-10-04/ed-1/seq-28/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 4, 1936 28 October 12, 2022 October 10 w y William & Mary City Stadium Richmond, VA 14–0 8,000 Tech Converts 'Breaks' To Whip Indians, 14–0 https://digital.libraries.wm.edu/flat-hat-1936-october-13 College of William & Mary The Flat Hat October 13, 1936 3 February 7, 2024Two Breaks Help V. P. I. To Triumph https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-10-11/ed-1/seq-23/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 11, 1936 23 October 14, 2022 October 17 l y South Carolina Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC 0–14 6,000 Gamecocks Take Gobblers Into Camp, 14–0 https://historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/2012218660/1936-10-21/ed-1/seq-5/ University of South Carolina The Gamecock October 21, 1936 5 October 12, 2022Gobblers Undone By Interceptions https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-10-18/ed-1/seq-31/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 18, 1936 31 October 14, 2022 October 24 2:30 p.m. l y NC State Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC 0–13 7,000–7,500 Homecoming Game Brings VPI Here as Opponent for State https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v17n6-1936-10-23#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=2&z=-107.8238%2C1142.47%2C1647.4029%2C1038.8847 North Carolina State University The Technician October 23, 1936 3 October 12, 2022Techs Lick VPI For Homecoming https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v17n7-1936-10-30/pages/technician-v17n7-1936-10-30_0003#p North Carolina State University Technician October 30, 1936 3 October 12, 2022V. P. I. Outclassed By Wolfpack, 13-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-10-25/ed-1/seq-26/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 25, 1936 26 October 14, 2022 October 31 w Richmond Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 20–7 Tech Halts Spiders In Second Half https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19361106.2.32&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- University of Richmond The Richmond Collegian November 6, 1936 4 October 12, 2022https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112811130/va-techmen-rally-in-last-half-to-beat/ Daily Press Va. Techmen Rally In Last Half to Beat Richmond U. November 1, 1936 November 14, 2022 Newspapers.com November 7 l y Washington and Lee Wilson Field Lexington, VA 0–27 5,000 5000 See Generals Trounce VPI Gobblers, 27 to 0 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/28458/RTP_19361110.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi November 10, 1936 3 October 12, 2022Generals Mop Up Gobblers, 27 To 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-11-08/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 8, 1936 27 October 14, 2022Washington & Lee Defeats V. P. I. 27 to 0 at Homecoming https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19361112.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News November 12, 1936 7 December 4, 2022 November 14 w y y Virginia Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA rivalry 7–6 Extra Point Puts Gobblers On Top https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1936-11-15/ed-1/seq-33/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 15, 1936 33 October 14, 2022Freak Touchdown Gives VPI 7 To 6 Edge Over Va. U. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-freak-touchdown-gives-vpi-7/137051512/ Newspapers.com Daily Press November 15, 1936 19 March 7, 2024 November 26 2:15 p.m. w y VMI Maher Field Roanoke, VA rivalry 6–0 17,000 Gobblers Defeat Squadron, 6 To 0 https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/7449 Virginia Military Institute The V.M.I. Cadet November 30, 1936 1 December 2, 2022V. M. I. Loses Classic to V. P. I. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19361203.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News December 3, 1936 7 December 2, 2022 Before the season The 1935 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 4–3–2 record and were led by Henry Redd in his fourth season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke Roanoke at VPI Roanoke VPI 0 0 0 7 10 6 0 0 September 19, 1936 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 3,500 "boiling Mid-September sun" Henry Gerard (Illinois) 1936 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: Shockey (left end), Vecellio (left tackle), Ingles (left guard), Murray (center), Piland (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Jones (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Sodaro (right halfback), A. Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: Cregger and Dickerson. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Paul Miller (left end), George Pitzer (left tackle), Vic Cotter (left guard), Alex Schwartz (center), Larry Larson (right guard), Carey Brewbaker (right tackle), Conley Snidow (right end), John Pitzer (quarterback), Charles Myrtle (left halfback), Gregory Wroniewicz (right halfback), Bernard Pedneau (fullback). The substitutes were: Curry, Kenneth Moore and Stanley Snidow. Clemson VPI at Clemson VPI Clemson 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 September 26, 1936 Riggs FieldCalhoun, SC 3:00 p.m. 5,000–6,000 Richard Carrington (UVA) 1936 Clemson Tigers football team After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Clemson College at Riggs Field in Calhoun, South Carolina. The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), A. Robison (left tackle), Ingles (left guard), Murray (center), Piland (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: Cregger and Dickerson. The starting lineup for Clemson was: Donald Shufford (left end), Manuel Black (left tackle), William Bryant (left guard), Harold Lewis (center), Lawrence Buscher (right guard), Wyser (right tackle), Samuel McConnell (right end), Joseph Berry (quarterback), Al Sanders (left halfback), Rudy Orban (right halfback), Mac Folger (fullback). The substitutes were: Boland and Winston Lawton. Maryland Maryland vs. VPI Maryland VPI 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 October 3, 1936 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 2,500 Dixon Foster 1936 Maryland Terrapins football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), Vecellio (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Jones (center), Piland (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Pierce (right end), Brown (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Cregger (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Banks, Devlin and Ingles. The starting lineup for Maryland was: Victor G. Willis (left end), Edward Fletcher (left tackle), Michael Surgent (left guard), John DeArmey (center), William Wolfe (right guard), John Birkland (right tackle), Blair Smith (right end), Charles F. Ellinger (quarterback), Jim Meade (left halfback), Coleman Headley (right halfback), John Gormley (fullback). The substitutes were: Nick Budkoff, Edmond Daly, John Page, Robert Walton, Charles Weidinger and Waverly Wheeler. William & Mary William & Mary vs. VPI W&M VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 October 10, 1936 City StadiumRichmond, VA 8,000 Richard Carrington (UVA) 1936 William & Mary Indians football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), Banks (left tackle), Piland (left guard), Jones (center), Worthington (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Brown (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Cregger (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Gaugler, Gee, Hearn, Ingles, Pierce and Sodaro. The starting lineup for VPI was: Walter J. Zable (left end), Michael Hook (left tackle), Bill Davies (left guard), Hugh McGowan (center), Joe Marino (right guard), Samuel Walker (right tackle), John Coiner (right end), John Truehart (quarterback), Otis Bunch (left halfback), Arthur Woodward (right halfback), Herbert Krueger (fullback). The substitutes were: G. Bunch, Tommy Della Torre, Dick Dozier, Joe Flickenger, Walter Hadtke, Oscar Harper, Stan Kamen, Koss, Frank Livesay, Leo Mitkievicz, O'Hare, Smeltzer, Arthur Tanner, Alfred Tirelis and Joseph Zanghi. South Carolina VPI at South Carolina VPI South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 October 17, 1936 Columbia Municipal StadiumColumbia, SC 6,000 Black (Davidson) 1936 South Carolina Gamecocks football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Doxey (left end), Banks (left tackle), Ingles (left guard), Jones (center), Piland (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Shockey (right end), Brown (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Sodaro (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Glen Myers (left end), Osgood Bramlet (left tackle), Ashley "Pat" Tobias (left guard), Frank Kiss (center), George Mackovic (right guard), Paul Robelot (right tackle), Larry Craig (right end), Burl Durham (quarterback), Jerry Hughes (left halfback), Jack Lyons (right halfback), Arthur Urbanyi (fullback). The substitutes were: Ed Clary, Ralph Dearth, Bob Johnson and Frank Urban. NC State VPI at NC State VPI NC State 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 October 24, 1936 Riddick StadiumRaleigh, NC 2:30 p.m. 7,000–7,500 Paul Magoffin 1936 NC State Wolfpack football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Vecellio (left tackle), Piland (left guard), Jones (center), Worthington (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Brown (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Sodaro (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The starting lineup for NC State was: Dom Cara (left end), Mason Bugg (left tackle), Alex Regdon (left guard), Lou Mark (center), Daniel Piloseno (right guard), George Fry (right tackle), Jess Tatum (right end), Charles Gadd (quarterback), Everett Robinson (left halfback), Edward Entwistle (right halfback), Joseph Ryneska (fullback). The substitutes were: Howard Bardes, Davis and Nick Hayden. Richmond Richmond at VPI Richmond VPI 0 7 0 0 0 7 6 7 October 31, 1936 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA Paul Magoffin 1936 Richmond Spiders football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), A. Robison (left tackle), Piland (left guard), Jones (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Henry (quarterback), Sodaro (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), J. Robison (fullback). The substitutes were: Cregger. The starting lineup for Richmond was: Arthur Gore (left end), Charles Siddall (left tackle), Mike West (left guard), Ed Schaaf (center), J. Cornelius Godsey (right guard), Ames Harrington (right tackle), W. P. Lawless (right end), Leonard Kielpinski (quarterback), George Spears (left halfback), William Robertson (right halfback), Clyde Pendleton (fullback). The substitutes were: Avalon Marchant and Chalmers Walton. Washington and Lee VPI at Washington and Lee VPI W&L 0 0 0 0 6 14 7 0 November 7, 1936 Wilson FieldLexington, VA 5,000 "a warm sun" O'Meara (Gonzaga) 1936 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), A. Robison (left tackle), Piland (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Davis (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Sodaro (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Cregger (right halfback), Brown (fullback). The substitutes were: Banks, Cameron, Devlin, Dickerson, Gee, Ingles, Jones, Mast, Pierce and Vecellio. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Frank Jones (left end), Alphonse Syzmanski (left tackle), William Brown (left guard), William Rogers (center), Duane Berry (right guard), Joseph Ochsie (right tackle), Bob Spessard (right end), Don Dunlap (quarterback), L. E. Long (left halfback), Preston Moore (right halfback), Wilton Sample (fullback). The substitutes were: S. R. Allen, Bill Borries, R. E. Craft, H. T. Dickinson, S. B. Harper, Howard, J. E. Lindsey, Charles Lykes, Howard Owings, S. R. Parrish and R. M. White. Virginia Virginia at VPI Virginia VPI 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 November 14, 1936 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA Paul Magoffin 1936 Virginia Cavaliers football team VPI's 1936 homecoming game was a victory over rival Virginia. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), A. Robison (left tackle), Piland (left guard), Jones (center), Ingles (right guard), Banks (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Sodaro (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Cregger, Gaugler, Murray and Vecellio. The starting lineup for Virginia was: James Sargeant (left end), William Weeks (left tackle), Albert Reutlinger (left guard), Alfred Berkeley (center), Leonard Trell (right guard), Sanford Haskell (right tackle), Knox Turnbill (right end), Evan Male (quarterback), A. B. Connor (left halfback), John Acree (right halfback), Peter Nistad (fullback). The substitutes were: Harry Dinwiddie, Woody George, John Kegler, Thomas McCartin and Conway Moncure. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 November 26, 1936 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 2:15 p.m. 17,000 Cold Lane (Detroit) 1936 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Shockey (left end), Banks (left tackle), Ingles (left guard), Jones (center), Piland (right guard), A. Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Sodaro (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Cregger (right halfback), Miller (fullback). The starting lineup for VMI was: Kane (left end), Gray (left tackle), William Echols (left guard), Richard Irby (center), Jim Farley (right guard), Richard Strickler (right tackle), Raymond Brittingham (right end), Andrew Trzeciak (quarterback), Billy Roberson (left halfback), Wayt Clark (right halfback), Joseph Ross (fullback). The substitutes were: Saunders and Taylor. After the season In December 1936, the VPI players chose Carol Leo Shockey as captain of the 1937 VPI Gobblers football team.Shockey Made Tech Captain https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19361208.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times December 8, 1936 2 January 17, 2025 NFL draft selections 2 Virginia Tech Hokies Year Round Pick Overall Name Team Position 19377363Herman E. "Foots" DickersonChicago CardinalsEnd Players Roster VPI 1936 roster Mac Banks J. Wilson Brown Pete Cregger Junior Davis Herman "Foots" Dickerson Lloyd Doxey Jim Gaugler Everett W. Gee Mel Henry Bud Ingles Dave Jones (Capt.) Ruffner Murray Malcolm O'Neale Frank Pierce Oscar "Flinky" Piland Arthur Robison Joseph O. Robison Carol Shockey George Sodaro Leo Vecellio George Worthington Varsity letter winners Nineteen players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1936 VPI team.1936 VPI Letterwinners Virginia Tech January 6, 2023 https://hokiesports.com/sports/2018/5/1/football-player-letterwinners.aspx Player Hometown Notes F. MacRae "Mac" Banks Beckley, West Virginia J. Wilson Brown Mount Ulla, North Carolina Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger Cripple Creek, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). James Blackwell "Junior" Davis Fauquier County, Virginia Herman Edward "Foots" Dickerson Reidsville, North Carolina World War II veteran (Major, Army). First Virginia Tech player to chosen in the NFL draft. Lloyd Gibbs Doxey Halifax, North Carolina World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. James Anthony Gaugler Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Melvin Henry Cumberland, Maryland James Lewis "Bud" Ingles Roanoke, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). David R. Jones Cambria, Virginia Ruffner Page Murray Memphis, Tennessee Malcolm L. O'Neale Charleston, West Virginia Frank Marion Pierce Suffolk, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). Oscar Glazier "Flinky" Piland Suffolk, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). Arthur Stephen Robison Richmond, Virginia World War II veteran (Army). Carol Leo Shockey Shockeysville, Virginia George Edward Sodaro Charleston, West Virginia World War II veteran (Tec 4, Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal. 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: Campbell Freshman coaches Freshman head coach: C. E. Tilson Assistant freshman coach: P. S. Hotchkiss Assistant freshman coach: W. B. Porterfield References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers