1939 VPI Gobblers football team

1939 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1939 record	4–5–1 (1–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Henry Redd (8th year)
Captain	David Marion Pitts
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1939 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#8 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
#12 Clemson	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
VMI	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Richmond	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
VPI	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1939 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23, 1939		Randolph–Macon*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 26–0	-
September 30, 1939		at Marshall*	Fairfield Stadium • Huntington, WV	L 0–20	-
October 7, 1939		vs. North Carolina	Norfolk, VA	L 6–13	-
October 14, 1939		vs. William & Mary	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	T 6–6	-
October 21, 1939		Centre*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 28–0	-
October 28, 1939		vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium[1] • Lynchburg, VA	L 0–6	12,000[1]
November 4, 1939		Furman	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 20–7	-
November 11, 1939	2:30pm[2]	at Richmond	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	L 0–13	-
November 18, 1939		at Virginia*	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	W 13–0	-
November 30, 1939		vs. VMI	Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 7–19	20,000[3]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1939 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1939 football team according to the roster published in the 1940 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[3]

VPI 1939 roster
	Quarterbacks Richard Davis Kern Samuel B. Rose Guards Van Anderson H. Woodrow Gosney Robert Preston Graves Joseph Franklin Smith William Lee Tate John Charles Wycoff Tackles James Emory Coleman Frank DeBord Benjamin McCurdy David Marion Pitts (Capt.) Andrew Wellington Todd Ralph Travis Unterzuber Centers Graham S. Buchanan Herbert Andrews Markle Frank A. Streiff William Daniel Zydiak		Ends Gerald Harley Clark John L. Henderson Robert Lawson Daniel Green Shawhan Louis Willson Halfbacks William Barnes Philip Galliano DeMuro Mathew Leslie Ellison Willard Joseph Henderson Sherwood Roudabush Herbert Joseph Thomas Albert C. Traynham Garrett Ernest Taylor James Walter Woolwine Fullbacks Irving Ward Boswell Rankin McGuire Hudson George Daniel Warriner

References

1. "Brilliant Defense Gives Generals 6-0 Victory Over VPI" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 31, 1939. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
2. "Virginia Tech to Oppose Spiders at City Stadium". The Richmond Collegian. University of Richmond. November 10, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
3. "The Bugle 1940" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1940. p. 237. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1939–1940". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 14, 2016.