1938 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1938 VPI Gobblers football Southern Conference SoCon 3–5–2 2–3–2 Henry Redd 7th Frank Marion Pierce Miles Stadium The 1938 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1938 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of three wins, five losses and two ties (3–5–2). Schedule September 17 w y 1938 Emory and Henry Wasps Emory and Henry Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 33–0 V. P. I. 33-0 Victor in Opening Clash https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-09-18/ed-1/seq-31/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 18, 1938 31 October 3, 2022Tech Smothers Emory And Henry Wasps, 30 To 0 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19380918.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times September 18, 1938 6 January 30, 2024 September 24 8:00 p.m. l y Duke World War Memorial Stadium Greensboro, NC 0–18 13,000 Blue Devils Meet V. P. I. in Season Opener, Saturday https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukechronicle/dchnp60001 Duke University The Duke Chronicle September 20, 1938 1 September 6, 2022Blue Devil Football Team Captures Season's Opener, 18–0 https://repository.duke.edu/dc/dukechronicle/dchnp60002 Duke University The Duke Chronicle September 27, 1938 3 September 6, 2022 October 1 l y y Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY 0–39 Army's Big Backs Rout V. P. I., 39-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-10-02/ed-1/seq-35/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 2, 1938 35 October 3, 2022Techmen Loses To Army https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19381002.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times October 2, 1938 6 January 30, 2024 October 8 w y William & Mary City Stadium Richmond, VA 27–0 4,500 Indians Unable to Click As Gobblers Win 27-0 https://digital.libraries.wm.edu/flat-hat-1938-october-11 College of William & Mary The Flat Hat October 11, 1938 3 January 26, 2024Gobblers Mop Up W. And M., 27 To 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-10-09/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 9, 1938 30 October 3, 2022 October 15 l y y Virginia Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA rivalry 6–14 7,000 Virginia to Meet Maryland Eleven https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2755791 University of Virginia The Daily Progress October 17, 1938 6 March 5, 2024Cavaliers Spoil Gobblers' Party https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-10-16/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 16, 1938 30 October 3, 2022 October 22 2:30 p.m. l y Washington and Lee Wilson Field Lexington, VA 0–6 9,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107980244/pincks-88-yard-run-wins-for-wl/ The Virginian-Pilot Pinck's 88-yard run wins for W&L October 23, 1938 Newspapers.com September 6, 2022Pinck Dashes 88 Yards To Beat Gobblers, 6-0 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/30682/RTP_19381025.pdf Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 25, 1938 3 September 6, 2022W. and L. Rookie Starts as Hero https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-10-23/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 23, 1938 29 October 3, 2022Washington & Lee Takes Homecoming From VPI https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19381027.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News October 27, 1938 7 December 2, 2022 October 29 w NC State Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA 7–0 3,500 Gobblers Rout Favored 'Pack To Gain Upset https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v19n8-1938-11-04#?c=&m=&cv=2&xywh=2137%2C763%2C4583%2C2629 North Carolina State University The Technician November 4, 1938 3 September 6, 2022Miller is Leader in V. P. I. Victory https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-10-30/ed-1/seq-37/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 30, 1938 37 October 3, 2022 November 5 2:00 p.m. l y North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 0–7 18,000 Virginia Tech Invades Chapel Hill Today https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1938-11-05/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Daily Tar Heel November 5, 1938 1 September 6, 2022Stirnweiss Sparks Tar Heels To Wet Win https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1938-11-06/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Daily Tar Heel November 6, 1938 1 September 6, 2022Blocked Kick Leads To Carolina's Win Over Gobblers https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-11-06/ed-1/seq-26/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 6, 1938 26 October 3, 2022 November 11 t y Richmond City Stadium Richmond, VA 0–0 9,000 Spiders, VPI Play To Tie https://collegian.richmond.edu/?a=d&d=COL19381118.2.33&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- University of Richmond The Richmond Collegian November 18, 1938 4 September 6, 20229,000 See Tech, Richmond Battle To Scoreless Tie https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NVD19381112.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Northern Virginia Daily November 12, 1938 3 January 30, 2024https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112769357/spiders-techmen-tie-00/ Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Spiders, Techmen tie, 0–0 November 12, 1938 November 8, 2022 Newspapers.com November 24 2:15 p.m. t y VMI Maher Field Roanoke, VA rivalry 2–2 15,000-17,000 Squadron Ties VPI 2–2 In Annual Game http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/7990 Virginia Military Institute The V.M.I. Cadet November 29, 1938 1 September 6, 2022V. P. I. Achieves Upset, Tying V. M. I., 2-2 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1938-11-25/ed-1/seq-40/ Library of Congress The Evening Star November 25, 1938 40 October 3, 2022VMI and VPI Play 2-to-2 Tie Game https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19381201.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News December 1, 1938 7 December 4, 2022 Before the season The 1937 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–5 record and were led by Henry Redd in his sixth season as head coach. Game summaries Emory and Henry Emory and Henry at VPI E&H VPI 0 0 0 0 20 0 6 7 September 17, 1938 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA Buck Cuddy (UVA) VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Emory and Henry at Miles Stadium. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Dunn (center), Devlin (right guard), Gaugler (right tackle), Cameron (right end), Fixx (quarterback), Miller (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Warriner (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Buchanan, Coleman, DeMuro, Gosney, Graves, King, Markle, McMillan, Oliver, Powers, Rose, Shawhan, Smith, Taylor, Thomas, Traynham, Wood and Woolwine. The starting lineup for Emory and Henry was: Frank Eaton (left end), Love (left tackle), Mullens (left guard), Louis Kovacs (center), G. Kovach (right guard), Brockman (right tackle), Bob Adams (right end), W. Gothard Bays (quarterback), Alfred Mann (left halfback), Johnson (right halfback), Tuffy Hymes (fullback). The substitutes were: Carl Brittain, Burchett, Hedrick, Less Holyfield, Mellons, Monger, Orr, Pierce, Jim Sessoms and Spraker. Duke Duke vs. VPI Duke VPI 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 September 24, 1938 World War Memorial StadiumGreensboro, NC 8:00 p.m. 13,000 Balmy Arnold (Auburn) 1938 Duke Blue Devils football team After their victory over Emory and Henry, VPI played Duke University at World War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Cameron (right end), Fixx (quarterback), DeMuro (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Warriner (fullback). The substitutes were: Oliver. The starting lineup for Duke was: Bolo Perdue (left end), Tom Maloney (left tackle), Robert Baskerville (left guard), Dan Hill (center), Yorke (right guard), Robert Haas (right tackle), Bill Bailey (right end), Robert Spangler (quarterback), Jasper Davis (left halfback), Frank Killian (right halfback), Robert O'Mara (fullback). The substitutes were: Cecil Hennis, George McAfee, Wes McAfee, Anthony Ruffa and Eric Tipton. Army VPI at Army VPI Army 0 0 0 0 26 0 7 6 October 1, 1938 Michie StadiumWest Point, NY E. A. Geiges (Temple) 1938 Army Cadets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Cameron (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Gaugler (right tackle), Pierce (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Belcher (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Warriner (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Buchanan, Coleman, Dunn, Ellison, Fixx, Gosney, Henderson, Hudson, King, Markle, Oliver, Powers, Shawhan, Traynham, Waugh and Woolwine. The starting lineup for Army was: F. J. Yeager (left end), Harry Stella (left tackle), Melvin Engstrom (left guard), J. Maxwell (center), Robert Little (right guard), J. Lotozo (right tackle), Henry Sullivan (right end), Ken O. Due (quarterback), Woodrow Wilson (left halfback), W. H. H. Mullin (right halfback), W. P. Kelleher (fullback). The substitutes were: Benjamin Bailey, Coontz, John "Jack" Dobson, J. G. Dubuisson, William Gillis, Harris, C. S. Jobes, G. T. Larkin, W. M. Lauterbach, E. DeW. Light, Mansfield, Sidney Martin, James Mather, John McDavid, Maurice Miller, J. W. Milner, Muzyk, John Samuel, John Schrader and Thompson. William & Mary William & Mary vs. VPI W&M VPI 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 6 October 8, 1938 City StadiumRichmond, VA 4,500 Causey (South Carolina) 1938 William & Mary Indians football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Cameron (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Belcher (left halfback), Powers (right halfback), Ellison (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Fixx and Miller. The starting lineup for William & Mary was: Charles Gondak (left end), Walker (left tackle), Michael Hook (left guard), Herbert Krueger (center), John Davidson (right guard), John Dillard (right tackle), Stan Kamen (right end), William Seamans (quarterback), Lloyd Phillips (left halfback), Tommy Della Torre (right halfback), William Byrne (fullback). The substitutes were: Gordon Hanna. Virginia Virginia at VPI UVA VPI 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 6 October 15, 1938 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 7,000 "Indian summer weather" Dixon Foster 1938 Virginia Cavaliers football team VPI's 1938 homecoming game was a loss to rival Virginia. The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Henderson (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Belcher (left halfback), Powers (right halfback), Ellison (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Fixx, Gaugler, Gosney, Gray, King, Miller, Oliver and Shawhan. The starting lineup for Virginia was: James Sargeant (left end), Lee McLaughlin (left tackle), Herbert Winokur (left guard), W. Oscar Willett (center), John Acree (right guard), Arthur Bryant (right tackle), Woodruff George (right end), James Beveridge (quarterback), Jim Gillette (left halfback), Mosby Cardozo (right halfback), Harry McClaugherty (fullback). The substitutes were: Dickey, Harry Dinwiddie, C. Tabb George, Nick Gianakos, Luther Gosney, Gravatt, L. Peyton Harris, Lewis, H. Cabell Maddux, Maines, Morse, Peter Nistad, Sylvester O'Grince, Rinehart, Phillip Rothar, Walter Smith and John Swank. Washington and Lee VPI at Washington & Lee VPI W&L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 October 22, 1938 Wilson FieldLexington, VA 2:30 p.m. 9,000 "Perfect" Henry Gerard (Illinois) 1938 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Henderson (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Miller (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Ellison (fullback). The substitutes were: Gaugler, Gosney, King, Oliver, Powers and Thomas. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Taylor Simmons Truehart (left end), Richard Winfield "Dick" Boisseau (left tackle), William W. Brown (left guard), John Joseph "Jack" Mangan (center), James Edward Lindsey (right guard), Joseph H. Ochsie (right tackle), S. Bernard Harper (right end), Dan Ray Justice (quarterback), Ray Craft (left halfback), Courtney Young Wadlington (right halfback), Alfred Thomas "Junie" Bishop (fullback). The substitutes were: Robert Blanding, Howard Wesley Dobbins, Stephen Edward Hanasik, C. Harrison Hogan, W. Roy Hogan, William Keland, Kelley Litteral, Charles P. Lykes, R. Shack Parrish, Richard Pinck, Francis Joseph Sugrue, Ronnie Thompson, Walker and J. Dorsey Wilson. NC State NC State at VPI NC State VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 October 29, 1938 Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA 3,500 Dixon Foster 1938 NC State Wolfpack football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Henderson (right end), Fixx (quarterback), Thomas (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Hudson (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Ellison, Gaugler, Gosney, Miller, Oliver, Powers and Warriner. The starting lineup for NC State was: William Retter (left end), Ty Coon (left tackle), Steve Acai (left guard), Howell Stroup (center), Warren Wooden (right guard), George Fry (right tackle), Mickey Sullivan (right end), Arthur Rooney (quarterback), Andrew Pavlovsky (left halfback), Robert Sabolyk (right halfback), Kenneth Sands (fullback). The substitutes were: Ralph Burt, Tony DiYeso, Pat Fehley, Paul Lozier, William Matheney, Walt Novick, John Savini, J. Tatum, Thompson and Don Traylor. North Carolina North Carolina vs. VPI VPI UNC 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 November 5, 1938 Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC 2:00 p.m. 18,000 Rainy Richard Carrington (UVA) 1938 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Gosney (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Oliver (right end), Fixx (quarterback), Thomas (left halfback), Ellison (right halfback), Hudson (fullback). The substitutes were: Belcher, Gaugler, Graves, Henderson, King, Markle, Miller, Pitts, Powers, Rose, Warriner and Woolwine. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Horace Palmer (left end), Steve Maronic (left tackle), James Woodson (left guard), Robert Adam (center), Dan Desich (right guard), Claud Kimball (right tackle), James Mallory (right end), Snuffy Stirnweiss (quarterback), George Radman (left halfback), George Watson (right halfback), Jack Kraynick (fullback). The substitutes were: Don Baker, Mike Bobbitt, Julian Brantley, Tony Cernugle, Ellis Fields, Charles Kline, Jim Lalanne, Ed Megson, Walt Palanske, Pieffer, Sydney Sadoff, Paul Severin, Christian Siewers, Leo Slotnick, Smith and Winborne. Richmond VPI at Richmond VPI Richmond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 November 11, 1938 City StadiumRichmond, VA 9,000 Richard Carrington (UVA) 1938 Richmond Spiders football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Henderson (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Declin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Oliver (right end), Fixx (quarterback), Ellison (left halfback), Thomas (right halfback), Hudson (fullback). The substitutes were: Belcher, DeMuro, Gaugler, Graves, King, Pierce, Rose, Shawman, Traynham and Warriner. The starting lineup for Richmond was: Bill Burge (left end), Andy Fronczek (left tackle), William Fitzhugh (left guard), Ed Merrick (center), Forrest Norvell (right guard), Harold McVay (right tackle), Avalon Marchant (right end), Bruce Van Buskirk (quarterback), Art Jones (left halfback), Stuart Hoskins (right halfback), George Spears (fullback). The substitutes were: William Cash, Edners Dickinson, Wilson Faris, Dick Humbert, John Kennedy, Wilfred Lawless, William Morrison and Edward Sinar. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 November 24, 1938 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 15,000-17,000 Snowstorm Richard Carrington (UVA) 1938 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Pitts (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Wood (center), Devlin (right guard), Coleman (right tackle), Oliver (right end), Fixx (quarterback), Ellison (left halfback), Rose (right halfback), Hudson (fullback). The substitutes were: Belcher, DeMuro, Gaugler, Gosney, Henderson, King and Thomas. The starting lineup for VMI was: Ray Brittingham (left end), Rip Walker (left tackle), Ray Reutt (left guard), Richard Irby (center), Thomas Thrasher (right guard), Richard Strickler (right tackle), E. Ray Taylor (right end), James "Son" Shelby (quarterback), Vendel "Bud" Kovar (left halfback), Paul Shu (right halfback), Andy Trzeciak (fullback). The substitutes were: G. V. Atkinson, Brown, Carney, Phil Chapman, William "Red" Echols, Thomas Gray, Luther Huyett, Marshall, Langhorne Meem, Nelson, Luther Sexton and Tipton. After the season In December 1938, the VPI players chose lineman Dave Pitts as captain of the 1939 VPI Gobblers football team.Lineman Made Techs Captain https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TSWT19381206.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Southwest Times December 6, 1938 6 January 17, 2025 Players Roster VPI 1938 rosterQuarterback Phil DeMuro Guards Bill Chisholm Bill Devlin Robert Preston Graves Irving Gray Ernie King Joseph Franklin Smith Buddy Waugh George Worthington Tackles Robson Coiner Jim Coleman Jim Gaugler Edward Gisburne Woodrow Gosney Dave Pitts Frank Remorenko Claude Simpson Andrew Wellington ToddCenters Samuel Bascom Dunn Herbert Andrews Markle Neil Wood Ends Archie Cameron John Henderson Ernest Luke Frank Oliver Frank Pierce (Capt.) Sonny Powers Bascom Pribble Daniel Green ShawhanHalfbacks Bill Barnes Graham Buchanan Sonny Ellison Jimmy Fixx Rankin Hudson Billy McMillan Al Miller Samuel B. Rose, Jr. Garrett Taylor Herbert Joseph Thomas Albert Traynham James Walter Woolwine Fullbacks Jim Belcher Irving Ward Boswell Sidney Gordon Campbell George Warriner Varsity letter winners Twenty-one players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1938 VPI team.1938 VPI Letterwinners Virginia Tech January 4, 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. James Emory Coleman Fayetteville, West Virginia Philip Galliano DeMuro Passaic, New Jersey William Harper Devlin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Matthew Leslie "Sonny" Ellison Beckley, West Virginia James Stuart Fixx Arlington, Virginia James Anthony Gaugler Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania H. Woodrow Gosney Clarksburg, West Virginia John L. Henderson Sevierville, Tennessee Rankin McGuire Hudson Sweetwater, Tennessee Ernest Stuart King Disputanta, Virginia Albert Sanford Miller Hampton, Virginia Frank Lovitt Oliver Lynnhaven, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). Frank Marion Pierce (Capt.) Suffolk, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army). David Marion Pitts Manassas, Virginia Stanley Covington "Sonny" Powers Kingston, West Virginia World War II veteran Herbert Joseph Thomas South Charleston, West Virginia World War II veteran (Sergeant, Marines). Awarded the Medal of Honor. George Daniel Warriner Montgomery County, Virginia World War II veteran (Captain, Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. Neil Saunders Wood Hampton, Virginia 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: Marvin E. Inge, Jr. 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