1938 VPI Gobblers football team

1938 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1938 record	3–5–2 (2–3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Henry Redd (7th year)
Captain	Frank Marion Pierce
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1938 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1938 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of three wins, five losses and two ties (3–5–2).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17, 1938		Emory and Henry*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 33–0	–
September 24, 1938		vs. Duke	World War Memorial Stadium[1] • Greensboro, NC	L 0–18	13,000[2]
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	–
October 29, 1938		NC State	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 7–0	–
November 5, 1938		at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–7	–
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[3]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1938 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

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.^[5]

VPI 1938 roster
	Quarterback Philip Galliano DeMuro 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		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 Herbert Joseph Thomas Fullbacks Rankin McGuire Hudson George Daniel Warriner		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

References

1. "Blue Devils Meet V.P.I. in Season Opener, Saturday". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 20, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
2. "Blue Devil Football Team Captures Season's Opener, 18–0". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 27, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
3. "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.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1938–1939". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 12, 2016.
5. "The Bugle 1939" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1939. p. 234. Retrieved 2016-01-15.