1927 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1927 VPI Gobblers football Southern Conference SoCon 5–4 2–3 Andy Gustafson 2nd Albert Ewell Bailey V. E. Miles Miles Stadium The 1927 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1927 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). Schedule September 24 w y Roanoke Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 21–2 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-virginia-poly-downs-ro/136530911/ The Roanoke Times Virginia Poly downs Roanoke, 21 to 2 September 25, 1927 December 9, 2023 Newspapers.comLionberger Scores Against Va. Tech https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TBA19270929.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Roanoke College Brackety-ack September 29, 1927 4 January 22, 2024 October 1 w y 1927 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 13–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-colorful-game-goes-to-gobble/136531026/ Daily Press Colorful game goes to Gobblers 13 to 0 October 2, 1927 December 9, 2023 Newspapers.com October 8 w y y Colgate Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY 6–0 V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate https://digitalcollections.colgate.edu/islandora/object/studentpapers%3A5548 Colgate University Colgate Maroon October 12, 1927 1 February 19, 2024 October 15 2:30 p.m. l y Maryland League Park Norfolk, VA 7–13 6,000 Grid Team Winner Over Virginia Poly https://digital.lib.umd.edu/result/id/2031a6a2-b4fd-4ba9-9aae-9e5ef53ff678?relpath=pcdm University of Maryland, College Park The Diamondback October 18, 1927 1 September 22, 2024Roberts' Great Dash Wins for Maryland https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1927-10-16/ed-1/seq-89/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 16, 1927 89 November 22, 2022Maryland Upsets V. P. I. Eleven, 13-7 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/10/16/101509255.html?pageNumber=144 The New York Times October 16, 1927 144 February 15, 2024 October 22 l y Virginia Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 0–7 Virginia Defeats V. P. I., 7-0, By Long March to Touchdown https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1927-10-23/ed-1/seq-74/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 23, 1927 74 November 29, 2022https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-vpi-loses-to/136528700/ The Atlanta Constitution V. P. I. Loses to Virginia Eleven, 7-0date=October 23, 1927 April 15, 2025 Newspapers.com October 29 l y y Chattanooga Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN 13–14 V. P. I. Submits to Moccasin https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll9/id/2141/rec/252 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University Echo November 4, 1927 1 November 18, 2022 November 5 2:30 p.m. w y South Carolina Tate Field Richmond, VA 35–0 Gobblers Get Revenge On Rooster Team https://historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/2012218660/1927-11-11/ed-1/seq-6/ University of South Carolina The Gamecock November 11, 1927 6 November 18, 2022 November 12 w y Washington and Lee Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 21–0 4,000 Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/31639/WLURG39_RTP_19271116.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi November 16, 1927 1 November 18, 2022V. P. I. Downs Generals 21 to 0 in Annual Classic at Blacksburg https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19271117.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News November 17, 1927 2 December 2, 2022Washington and Lee Bows To V. P. I. 21-0 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=LG19271115.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Lexington Gazette November 15, 1927 1 December 3, 2022V. P. I. Closes Season with 21 to 0 Victory https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/11/13/95021060.html?pageNumber=156 The New York Times November 13, 1927 156 July 4, 2024 November 24 l y VMI Maher Field Roanoke, VA rivalry 9–12 17,000 Tech. Bows To V.M.I. http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/4912 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet November 28, 1927 1 November 18, 2022V. M. I. Wins at Roanoke Spectacular Turkey Day Classic From V. P. I. 12 to 9 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19271201.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News December 1, 1927 1 December 2, 2022V. M. I. Wins From V. P. I. Thanksgiving https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=LG19271129.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Lexington Gazette November 29, 1927 5 December 2, 2022 Before the season The 1926 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–3–1 record and were led by Andy Gustafson in his first season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 2 0 0 7 0 0 14 September 24, 1927 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA Parrish (VPI) 1927 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: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), MacArthur (quarterback), Peake (left halfback), Mattox (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Amole, Anderson, Hudgins, Jacobs, Mahaney, McEver, Price, Rule, Spear, Tomko and Von Erickson. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Ed I. Bell (left end), Charles Wilson (left tackle), Virgil Morton (left guard), Harold Nank (center), Bill Frey (right guard), Maurice Givens (right tackle), D. C. Lionberger (right end), J. H. "Deana" Gilbert (quarterback), B. M. "Turtle" Jones (left halfback), Pleas Ramsey (right halfback), John Dietrich (fullback). The substitutes were: William Altizer, W. T. "Ted" Fix, John Frye, Thomas Fryer, Lloyd "Buzzy" Goode, William Logan, Martin, F. Ritter, Stanley Rutherford, James Shannon, G. R. Starnes and Billy O. Williams. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 October 1, 1927 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Stadium. The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Moss (left tackle), Hotchkiss (left guard), Brown (center), Miles (right guard), Gray (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Tomko (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bailey, Jacobs, Mahaney, Rice, Spear and Von Erickson. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Scott (left end), Stuart Worden (left tackle), Woodruff (left guard), Hudson (center), Hugh Blanton (right guard), Harry Myles (right tackle), Charles Turley (right end), Thomas Peach (quarterback), Jones (left halfback), Ruffner (right halfback), Charles Gatewood (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox, Hughes, Robert Lawson and Robert Nance. Colgate VPI at Colgate VPI Colgate 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 October 8, 1927 Whitnall FieldHamilton, NY Frank Bergin 1927 Colgate football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, MacArthur and Spear. The starting lineup for Colgate was: Mike Stramiello (left end), Carl Mankat (left tackle), John Flagg (left guard), John Cox (center), Bruce DuMont (right guard), Arthur Huntington (right tackle), William Timm (right end), Edward Newell (quarterback), George Brewer (left halfback), John Galloway (right halfback), Harold Shaughnessy (fullback). The substitutes were: Thomas Dowler, Hoot Haines, Walter Mason, James Simmonds, George Stollwerck and Izzy Yablok. Maryland Maryland vs. VPI Maryland VPI 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 7 October 15, 1927 League ParkNorfolk, VA 2:30 p.m. 6,000 Robert Kent Gooch 1927 Maryland Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, MacArthur, Mahaney, Price, Rice, Spear and Tomko. The starting lineup for Maryland was: Charles Dodson (left end), Earl Zulick (left tackle), John McDonald (left guard), Harold Bafford (center), Jack Keenan (right guard), Donald Adams (right tackle), Melvin Young (right end), Gordon Kessler (quarterback), Lewis "Knocky" Thomas (left halfback), Gerald Snyder (right halfback), Fred Linkous (fullback). The substitutes were: Al Heagy, Augie Roberts, Ed Tenney and Arthur Wondrack. Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 October 22, 1927 Lambeth FieldCharlottesville, VA Elcock (W&L) 1927 Virginia Cavaliers football team The Gobblers lost their second straight game, this time against UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia. During the opening quarter, VPI marched 45 yards down the field, only to be stopped by UVA on the 3-yard line. In the second quarter, UVA scored the only points of the game, after an 85-yard drive. On their own 10-yard line, UVA's Sloan faked a punt and then ran for 35 yards. The drive concluded with a lateral pass from Hushion to Sloan for the touchdown. The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, Hubbard, MacArthur, Rice, Rule and Spear. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Howard Turner (left end), William Luke (left tackle), Garland Daniel (left guard), George Taylor (center), Wallace Symington (right guard), Bickerton Cardwell (right tackle), Albert Hofheimer (right end), John Hushion (quarterback), Gus Kaminer (left halfback), John Sloan (right halfback), Quintus Hutter (fullback). The substitutes were: Oscar Close, Meade, Samuel Pendleton and Bledsoe Pinkerton. Chattanooga VPI at Chattanooga VPI Chattanooga 6 0 7 0 0 7 7 0 October 29, 1927 Chamberlain FieldChattanooga, TN Ryan (Michigan) 1927 Chattanooga Moccasins football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Hotchkiss (left guard), Brown (center), Miles (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: MacArthur and Tomko. The starting lineup for Chattanooga was: Robert Groeschel (left end), Bowden Findley (left tackle), James Cassidy (left guard), Philip Magevny (center), Leslie Morgan (right guard), Joe Kopcha (right tackle), Milton Thompson (right end), Donald Overmeyer (quarterback), Clarence Lautzenheiser (left halfback), Cleveland Barrett (right halfback), Dale Cryster (fullback). South Carolina VPI vs. South Carolina VPI SC 7 0 21 7 0 0 0 0 November 5, 1927 Tate FieldRichmond, VA 2:30 p.m. Witt (UVA) 1927 South Carolina Gamecocks football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Hudgins (fullback). The substitutes were: MacArthur, Rule and Tomko. The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Robert Stoddard (left end), Harry Wolfe (left tackle), Ralph Guarino (left guard), R. E. "Red" Fulmer (center), W. R. "Monkey" Price (right guard), Floyd Thomas (right tackle), George Keels (right end), Emmett Wingfield (quarterback), Pita (left halfback), Hiza (right halfback), W. W. "Red" Swink (fullback). The substitutes were: Edwin Zobel. Washington and Lee Washington and Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 7 November 12, 1927 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 4,000 Robert Kent Gooch 1927 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Hudgins (fullback). The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Wilmer Dorsey (left end), Earl Fitzpatrick (left tackle), Myer Seligman (left guard), Rhydon Latham (center), Henry Groop (right guard), Virgil Fisher (right tackle), Hollis Spotts (right end), Robert Howe (quarterback), David Eberhart (left halfback), T. P. Stearns (right halfback), Eugene White (fullback). VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 12 7 0 0 2 November 24, 1927 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 17,000 Ed Thorpe (De LaSalle) 1927 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), MacArthur (quarterback), Peake (left halfback), Tomko (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Hubbard, Hudgins, Jones, Mattox, Moss and Spear. The starting lineup for VMI was: William Moss (left end), Kenneth Rugh (left tackle), Karlyle O'Berry (left guard), Joseph Mondy (center), William Haase (right guard), Luther Hewlett (right tackle), Luther Thornhill (right end), Albert Hawkins (quarterback), Frank Harner (left halfback), Charles Holtzclaw (right halfback), Bernard McCray (fullback). The substitutes were: Adams, Al Barnes, John Biggs, Edward Carney, Louis Chadwick, Joel Moody and Tommy Scott. Players Roster VPI 1927 roster Roger Lee Amole George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson Albert Bailey (Capt.) Joseph Brown John Gray Philip Hotchkiss Hubbard William Hudgins J. R. Jacobs J. B. Jones John Looney Scotty MacArthur Arthur Mahaney Cloy Mattox Herbert McEver V. E. Miles (Capt.) Jack Wellford Moss Lloyd Nutter Frank Peake Douglas Petty Nelson Osborn Price J. H. Rice Eugene Butler Rule Spear Tommy Tomko Von Erickson Monogram Club members Fourteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1927 VPI team.The Bugle 1928 Volume XXXIV Virginia Tech May 28, 2024 341 https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/41a4a8f5-3068-4ebe-ae8d-b217054d84bf Player Hometown Notes Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.) Roanoke, Virginia Joseph Murray Brown Staunton, Virginia John Edward Gray Newport News, Virginia Philip Smith Hotchkiss William Coles Hudgins John Ote Looney Roanoke, Virginia James Bushell "Scotty" MacArthur Newport News, Virginia Born in Greenock, Scotland. Arthur Randolph Mahaney Cloy Mattox Leesville, Virginia Major League Baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1929 season. Vernon Edward Miles (Capt.) Norfolk, Virginia Lloyd Broderick Nutter Blacksburg, Virginia World War II veteran (Captain, Army). Frank Peake Hampton, Virginia Douglas Cooper Petty Hilton Village, Virginia Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko Disputanta, Virginia Coaching and training staff Head coach: Andy Gustafson Assistant coach: N. Lee Frank Manager: W. M. Johnson Trainer: Bud Moore Freshman head coach: Henry Redd Freshman Manager: W. S. Gay References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football