Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 17, 1938 |
|
Emory and Henry* |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA |
W 33–0 |
– |
September 24, 1938 |
8:00pm[1] |
vs. Duke |
World War Memorial Stadium[2] • Greensboro, NC |
L 0–18 |
13,000[3] |
October 1, 1938 |
|
at Army* |
Michie Stadium • West Point, NY |
L 0–39 |
– |
October 8, 1938 |
|
vs. William & Mary |
City Stadium • Richmond, VA |
W 27–0 |
– |
October 15, 1938 |
|
Virginia* |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry) |
L 6–14 |
– |
October 22, 1938 |
|
at Washington and Lee |
Wilson Field • Lexington, VA |
L 0–6 |
8,000[4] |
October 29, 1938 |
|
NC State |
Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA |
W 7–0 |
– |
November 5, 1938 |
2:00pm[5] |
at North Carolina |
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC |
L 0–7 |
18,000[6] |
November 11, 1938 |
|
at Richmond |
City Stadium • Richmond, VA |
T 0–0 |
– |
November 24, 1938 |
|
vs. VMI |
Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) |
T 2–2 |
15,000[7] |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1938 Virginia Tech football schedule[8]
Players
The following players were members of the 1938 football team according to the roster published in the 1939 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[9]
VPI 1938 roster |
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Quarterback
Guards
- William Harper Devlin
- James Anthony Gaugler
- Ernest Stuart King
- George Yellott Worthington
Tackles
- H. Woodrow Gosney
- David Marion Pitts
Centers
- Samuel Bascom Dunn
- Neil Saunders Wood
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Ends
- Frank Lovitt Oliver
- Frank Marion Pierce (Capt.)
- Daniel Green Shawhan
Halfbacks
- James Raymond Belcher
- Irving Ward Boswell
- Mathew Leslie Ellison
- Albert Sanford Miller
- Stanley Covington Powers
- Samuel B. Rose, Jr.
- Herbert Joseph Thomas
Fullbacks
- Rankin McGuire Hudson
- George Daniel Warriner
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Substitutes
- Archie Cameron
- Sidney Gordon Campbell
- James Emory Coleman
- James Stuart Fixx
- Robert Preston Graves
- Irving Gray
- John L. Henderson
- Herbert Andrews Markle
- Joseph Franklin Smith
- Andrew Wellington Todd
- James Walter Woolwine
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References
- ↑ "Duke vs. V.P.I." VPI vs. Duke Football Program. 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ↑ "Blue Devils Meet V.P.I. in Season Opener, Saturday". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 20, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Blue Devil Football Team Captures Season's Opener, 18–0". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 27, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Calyx 1939". Washington and Lee University. 1939. p. 182. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ "Virginia Tech Invades Chapel Hill Today". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 5, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Stirnweiss Sparks Tar Heels To Wet Win". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 6, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Squadron Ties VPI 2–2 In Annual Game". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 29, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1938–1939". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 12, 2016.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1939" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1939. p. 234. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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