1931 VPI Gobblers football team

1931 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1931 record 3–4–2 (1–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach Orville Neale (2nd season)
Captain Charles Eugene Brown
Home stadium Miles Stadium
1931 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Tennessee 6 –0 –1  9 –0 –1
Alabama 7 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Georgia 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Maryland 4 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
Kentucky 4 –2 –2  5 –2 –2
LSU 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
South Carolina 3 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Duke 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –2
Auburn 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Sewanee 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –3  4 –3 –3
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –0  4 –5 –1
Georgia Tech 2 –4 –1  2 –7 –1
Florida 2 –4 –2  2 –6 –2
VMI 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
NC State 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
VPI 1 –4 –1  3 –4 –2
Clemson 1 –4 –0  1 –6 –2
Ole Miss 1 –5 –0  2 –6 –1
Virginia 0 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Mississippi A&M 0 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1931 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1931 Southern Conference football season. The team was led by their head coach Orville Neale and finished with a record of three wins, four losses and two ties (3–4–2).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 26, 1931 King College* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 33–0  
October 3, 1931 at Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 0–40  
October 10, 1931 Davidson* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 18–6  
October 17, 1931 vs. William & Mary* City Stadium • Richmond, VA T 6–6  
October 24, 1931 at Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY L 6–20  
October 31, 1931 Maryland Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA L 0–20  
November 7, 1931 vs. Washington and Lee Maher Field[1] • Roanoke, VA L 0–6  
November 14, 1931 at Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry) T 0–0  
November 26, 1931 vs. VMI Maher Field[2] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 13–6  
*Non-conference game.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1931 Virginia Tech football schedule[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1931 football team according to the roster published in the 1932 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1931 roster
  • William Earle Betts
  • Charles Eugene Brown (Capt.)
  • Alfred Layden Casey
  • Edwin F. Chandler
  • E. E. Dyke
  • Bill Grinus
  • Charles Alexander "Heinie" Groth
  • Samuel Elkana Hardwick
  • Eugene Goliday Hite
  • Garland Woodrow Hoenstine
  • Harry Worden Howard
  • John A. McIntre
  • John Marshall Murphy
  • Waightes Gibbs Ottley
  • Benny Palmer
  • William Breckenridge Porterfield
  • Carl Francis Robison
  • Henry DeWitt Shank
  • Harry Hyman Stark
  • James L. Swart

References

  1. ↑ "W&L vs. VPI Official Football Program". VPI vs. W&L Football Program. 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  2. ↑ "V.M.I. Loses To Va. Tech 13–6 In Turkey Day Classic". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 30, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1931–1932". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Bugle 1932" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1932. Retrieved 2016-01-09.


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