1929 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHenry Virgil Hooper
Lloyd Broderick Nutter
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Tulane $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
North Carolina 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Florida 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Duke 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Virginia 1 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 2 1 – 6 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
NC State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1929 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).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Roanoke*
W 19–0[1][2]
October 5Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 37–6[3]
October 122:30 p.m.at Penn*
L 8–1430,000[4][5]
October 19vs. William & Mary*
W 25–1412,000[6][7]
October 26at North Carolina
L 13–388,000[8][9]
November 2vs. Washington and Lee
W 36–67,000-10,000+[10][11][12][13]
November 92:30 p.m.at Virginia
W 32–12[14][15]
November 16vs. Maryland
L 0–24[16][17]
November 28vs. VMI
L 0–1422,000[18][19]

Players

The following players were members of the 1929 football team according to the roster published in the 1930 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[20]

VPI 1929 roster
  • Charles Eugene Brown
  • Edwin F. Chandler
  • William Grundy Davis
  • E. E. Dyke
  • William Clarence Gardner
  • John Edward Gray
  • John Buckner Green
  • Samuel Elkana Hardwick
  • Henry Virgil "Bird" Hooper (Capt.)
  • Louis Dexter Hubbard
  • Maury Albon Hubbard
  • Warner Brooke Jones
  • Herbert McEver
  • Lloyd Broderick Nutter (Capt.)
  • Waightes Gibbs Ottley
  • Milton Anthony Owens
  • Walter Wilson Pattie
  • J. R. Rice
  • Marcus Oliver Ritter
  • Eugene Butler Rule
  • Charles Richard Shannon
  • Philip Hitchborn Spear
  • Harry Hyman Stark
  • James L. Swart
  • Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko
  • Harold J. Wimmer

Charles Earl Talley

References

  1. ^ "V.P.I. overpowers Roanoke, 19 to 0". The Roanoke Times. September 29, 1929. Retrieved December 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Spruhanites Hold Own Against Strong Tech Eleven of V.P.I." Brackety-ack. Roanoke College. October 2, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Hampden-Sydney Is Soft For V. P. I." The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 6, 1929. p. 97. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Red And Blue Eleven Gains Third Consecutive Conquest By Turning Back Virginia Polytechnic Institute With Masters Again Leading Offense". The Daily Pennsylvanian. University of Pennsylvania. October 14, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Penn Stages Rally To Beat V. P. I., 14-8". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 13, 1929. p. 77. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Tech Rallies to Defeat Redskins" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 25, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "V. P. I. Hands Trouncing To William and Mary". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 20, 1929. p. 81. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "Carolina Runs Roughshod Over V.P.I., 38-13". The Daily Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 27, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Carolina Defeats V. P. I. By 38 To 13". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 27, 1929. p. 77. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "Generals Fall Before V.P.I. In Lynchburg" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 6, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Record Crowd Sees Gobblers Triumph". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 3, 1929. p. 93. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Washington and Lee Defeated By V. P. I., 36 To 6". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1929. p. 2. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "Gobblers Down Generals, 30 to 6". The Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. November 5, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  14. ^ "V. P. I. Crushes Va. With 35 to 12 Score". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 11, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "Spear, V. P. I. Back, Poison To Virginia". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 10, 1929. p. 72. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "V. P. I. Whitewashed By Maryland Eleven". The Diamondback. University of Maryland, College Park. November 19, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "Old Liners Rout V. P. I. By 24 To 0". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 17, 1929. p. 87. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  18. ^ "Keydets Are State Champions". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 2, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  19. ^ "V. M. I. Defeats V. P. I. 14 to 0 For State Title". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. December 5, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "The Bugle 1930" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1930. Retrieved January 9, 2016.


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