1927 VPI Gobblers football team

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).

1927 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1927 record5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coachAndy Gustafson (2nd season)
CaptainAlbert Ewell Bailey
V. E. Miles
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1927 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgia Tech + 7 0 1  8 1 1
Tennessee + 5 0 1  8 0 1
NC State + 4 0 0  9 1 0
Vanderbilt 5 0 2  8 1 2
Georgia 6 1 0  9 1 0
Florida 5 2 0  7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 2 0  5 3 1
Virginia 4 4 0  5 4 0
Clemson 2 2 0  5 3 1
Alabama 3 4 1  5 4 1
LSU 2 3 1  4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0  5 3 0
Washington and Lee 2 3 0  4 4 1
VPI 2 3 0  5 4 0
Maryland 2 3 0  4 7 0
South Carolina 2 4 0  4 5 0
VMI 2 4 0  6 4 0
Tulane 2 5 1  2 5 1
North Carolina 2 5 0  4 6 0
Sewanee 1 4 0  2 6 0
Kentucky 1 5 0  3 6 1
Auburn 0 6 1  0 7 2
  • + Conference co-champions

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24Roanoke*W 21–2
October 1Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0
October 8at Colgate*
W 6–0
October 15vs. MarylandNorfolk, VAL 7–13
October 22at VirginiaL 0–7
October 29at Chattanooga*L 13–14
November 5vs. South Carolina
W 35–0
November 12Washington and Lee
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–04,000[3]
November 24vs. VMI
L 9–12
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1927 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1927 football team according to the roster published in the 1928 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1927 roster
  • Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.)
  • Joseph Murray Brown
  • John Edward Gray
  • Philip Smith Hotchkiss
  • William Coles Hudgins
  • John Ote Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur
  • Arthur Randolph Mahaney
  • Cloy Mattox

References

  1. "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 12, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  2. "VPI vs. USC Official Souvenir Program". VPI vs. USC Football Program. 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  3. "Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. "Tech. Bows To V.M.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1927–1928". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 26, 2015.
  6. "The Bugle 1928" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1928. p. 332. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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