1937 VPI Gobblers football team

1937 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1937 record	5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Henry Redd (6th year)
Captain	Carol Leo Shockey
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1937 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Maryland $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Duke	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
VMI	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Furman	1	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Virginia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28, 1937		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 27–7	–
September 25, 1937	8:00pm^[1]	vs. Duke	World War Memorial Stadium^[1] • Greensboro, NC	L 0–25	11,000^[2]
October 2, 1937		at Tennessee*	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–27	–
October 9, 1937		vs. William & Mary	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 0–12	–
October 16, 1937		at NC State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 7–13	7,000^[3]
October 23, 1937		Washington and Lee	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 19–7	5,000^[4]
October 30, 1937		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 31–0	–
November 6, 1937		at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 7–12	–
November 13, 1937		at Virginia*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	W 14–7	–
November 25, 1937		vs. VMI	Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 12–6	–
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1937 Virginia Tech football schedule^[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1937 football team according to the roster published in the 1938 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[6]

VPI 1937 roster
	James Raymond Belcher Irving Ward Boswell Archie Cameron Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger M. T. Darnell James Blackwell Davis Philip Galliano DeMuro William Harper Devlin Lloyd Gibbs Doxey Samuel Bascom Dunn Mathew Leslie Ellison James Anthony Gaugler Melvin Henry Ernest Stuart King		Howard Dilworth Mast Albert Sanford Miller Ruffner Page Murray Frank Lovitt Oliver Frank Marion Pierce David Marion Pitts Stanley Covington Powers Arthur S. Robison Carol Leo Shockey (Capt.) Leo Arthur Vecellio Louis Willson Neil Saunders Wood George Yellott Worthington

References

1 2 "Night Game to Usher in 1937 Grid Season For Blue Devil Eleven". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 24, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
↑ "Wademen Open Season With Win Over V.P.I.". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 28, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
↑ "State Defeats V.P.I. Gobblers By 13–7 Count". Technician. North Carolina State University. October 22, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
↑ "Big Blue Downed 19-7 At Tech Homecoming" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 26, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1937–1938". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 11, 2016.
↑ "The Bugle 1938" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1938. p. 216. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

Virginia Tech Hokies football

Venues	Sheib Field (1894–1901) Gibboney Field (1902–1908) Miles Field (1909–1925) Miles Stadium (1926–1964) Lane Stadium (1965–present) Victory Stadium (alternate, 1942–1971)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boston College Georgia Tech Miami Virginia (Commonwealth Cup) West Virginia (Black Diamond Trophy) VMI (former)

Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph" The Marching Virginians Battle at Bristol

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