1927 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   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
No. 8 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 3 – 5 – 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
Rankings from Dickinson System

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).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Roanoke*
W 21–2[1][2]
October 1Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0[3]
October 8at Colgate*
W 6–0[4]
October 152:30 p.m.vs. Maryland
L 7–136,000[5][6][7]
October 22at Virginia
L 0–7[8]
October 29at Chattanooga*
L 13–14[9]
November 5vs. South Carolina
W 35–0[10]
November 12Washington and Leedagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–04,000[11][12][13][14]
November 24vs. VMI
L 9–1217,000[15][16][17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Before the season

The 1926 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–3–1 record and were led by Andy Gustafson in his first season as head coach.

Game summaries

Roanoke

Roanoke vs. VPI
1 234Total
Roanoke 0 200 2
• VPI 7 0014 21
See also: 1927 Roanoke Maroons football team

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Stadium.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), MacArthur (quarterback), Peake (left halfback), Mattox (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Amole, Anderson, Hudgins, Jacobs, Mahaney, McEver, Price, Rule, Spear, Tomko and Von Erickson.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Ed I. Bell (left end), Charles Wilson (left tackle), Virgil Morton (left guard), Harold Nank (center), Bill Frey (right guard), Maurice Givens (right tackle), D. C. Lionberger (right end), J. H. "Deana" Gilbert (quarterback), B. M. "Turtle" Jones (left halfback), Pleas Ramsey (right halfback), John Dietrich (fullback). The substitutes were: William Altizer, W. T. "Ted" Fix, John Frye, Thomas Fryer, Lloyd "Buzzy" Goode, William Logan, Martin, F. Ritter, Stanley Rutherford, James Shannon, G. R. Starnes and Billy O. Williams.

Hampden–Sydney

Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI
1 234Total
HS 0 000 0
• VPI 0 067 13

After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Stadium.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Moss (left tackle), Hotchkiss (left guard), Brown (center), Miles (right guard), Gray (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Tomko (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bailey, Jacobs, Mahaney, Rice, Spear and Von Erickson.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Scott (left end), Stuart Worden (left tackle), Woodruff (left guard), Hudson (center), Hugh Blanton (right guard), Harry Myles (right tackle), Charles Turley (right end), Thomas Peach (quarterback), Jones (left halfback), Ruffner (right halfback), Charles Gatewood (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox, Hughes, Robert Lawson and Robert Nance.

Colgate

VPI at Colgate
1 234Total
• VPI 0 600 6
Colgate 0 000 0
See also: 1927 Colgate football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, MacArthur and Spear.

The starting lineup for Colgate was: Mike Stramiello (left end), Carl Mankat (left tackle), John Flagg (left guard), John Cox (center), Bruce DuMont (right guard), Arthur Huntington (right tackle), William Timm (right end), Edward Newell (quarterback), George Brewer (left halfback), John Galloway (right halfback), Harold Shaughnessy (fullback). The substitutes were: Thomas Dowler, Hoot Haines, Walter Mason, James Simmonds, George Stollwerck and Izzy Yablok.

Maryland

Maryland vs. VPI
1 234Total
• Maryland 0 607 13
VPI 0 007 7
See also: 1927 Maryland Aggies football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, MacArthur, Mahaney, Price, Rice, Spear and Tomko.

The starting lineup for Maryland was: Charles Dodson (left end), Earl Zulick (left tackle), John McDonald (left guard), Harold Bafford (center), Jack Keenan (right guard), Donald Adams (right tackle), Melvin Young (right end), Gordon Kessler (quarterback), Lewis "Knocky" Thomas (left halfback), Gerald Snyder (right halfback), Fred Linkous (fullback). The substitutes were: Al Heagy, Augie Roberts, Ed Tenney and Arthur Wondrack.

Virginia

VPI at Virginia
1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• UVA 0 700 7
See also: 1927 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Looney (fullback). The substitutes were: Hotchkiss, Hubbard, MacArthur, Rice, Rule and Spear.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: Howard Turner (left end), William Luke (left tackle), Garland Daniel (left guard), George Taylor (center), Wallace Symington (right guard), Bickerton Cardwell (right tackle), Albert Hofheimer (right end), John Hushion (quarterback), Gus Kaminer (left halfback), John Sloan (right halfback), Quintus Hutter (fullback). The substitutes were: Oscar Close, Meade, Samuel Pendleton and Bledsoe Pinkerton.

Chattanooga

VPI at Chattanooga
1 234Total
VPI 6 070 13
• Chattanooga 0 770 14
See also: 1927 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

South Carolina

See also: 1927 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Washington and Lee

Washington and Lee vs. VPI
1 234Total
W&L 0 000 0
• VPI 0 867 21
See also: 1927 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), McEver (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Hudgins (fullback).

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Wilmer Dorsey (left end), Earl Fitzpatrick (left tackle), Myer Seligman (left guard), Rhydon Latham (center), Henry Groop (right guard), Virgil Fisher (right tackle), Hollis Spotts (right end), Robert Howe (quarterback), David Eberhart (left halfback), T. P. Stearns (right halfback), Eugene White (fullback).

VMI

VMI vs. VPI
1 234Total
• VMI 0 0012 12
VPI 7 002 9
  • Date: November 24, 1927
  • Location: Maher Field
    Roanoke, VA
  • Game attendance: 17,000
  • Referee: Ed Thorpe (De LaSalle)
See also: 1927 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Gray (left tackle), Miles (left guard), Brown (center), Hotchkiss (right guard), Bailey (right tackle), Petty (right end), MacArthur (quarterback), Peake (left halfback), Tomko (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Hubbard, Hudgins, Jones, Mattox, Moss and Spear.

The starting lineup for VMI was: William Moss (left end), Kenneth Rugh (left tackle), Karlyle O'Berry (left guard), Joseph Mondy (center), William Haase (right guard), Luther Hewlett (right tackle), Luther Thornhill (right end), Albert Hawkins (quarterback), Frank Harner (left halfback), Charles Holtzclaw (right halfback), Bernard McCray (fullback). The substitutes were: Adams, Al Barnes, John Biggs, Edward Carney, Louis Chadwick, Joel Moody and Tommy Scott.

Players

Roster

VPI 1927 roster
  • Roger Lee Amole
  • George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson
  • Albert Bailey (Capt.)
  • Joseph Brown
  • John Gray
  • Philip Hotchkiss
  • Hubbard
  • William Hudgins
  • J. R. Jacobs
  • J. B. Jones
  • John Looney
  • Scotty MacArthur
  • Arthur Mahaney

Monogram Club members

Fourteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1927 VPI team.[18]

Player Hometown Notes
Albert Ewell Bailey (Capt.) Roanoke, Virginia
Joseph Murray Brown Staunton, Virginia
John Edward Gray
Philip Smith Hotchkiss
William Coles Hudgins
John Ote Looney Roanoke, Virginia
J. B. "Scotty" MacArthur Newport News, Virginia
Arthur Randolph Mahaney
Cloy Mattox Leesville, Virginia Major League Baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1929 season.
Vernon Edward Miles (Capt.) Norfolk, Virginia
Lloyd Broderick Nutter Blacksburg, Virginia
Frank Peake Hampton, Virginia
Douglas Cooper Petty Hilton Village, Virginia
Cyril Method "Tommy" Tomko

Coaching and training staff

  • Head coach: Andy Gustafson
  • Assistant coach: N. Lee Frank
  • Manager: W. M. Johnson
  • Trainer: Bud Moore
  • Freshman head coach: Henry Redd
  • Freshman Manager: W. S. Gay

References

  1. ^ "Virginia Poly downs Roanoke, 21 to 2". The Roanoke Times. September 25, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lionberger Scores Against Va. Tech". Brackety-ack. Roanoke College. September 29, 1927. p. 4. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Colorful game goes to Gobblers 13 to 0". Daily Press. October 2, 1927. Retrieved December 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "V.P.I. Victory Marks First Home Defeat In Decades For Colgate". Colgate Maroon. Colgate University. October 12, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Grid Team Winner Over Virginia Poly". The Diamondback. University of Maryland, College Park. October 18, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "Roberts' Great Dash Wins for Maryland". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 16, 1927. p. 89. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Maryland Upsets V. P. I. Eleven, 13-7". The New York Times. October 16, 1927. p. 144. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  8. ^ "Virginia Defeats V. P. I., 7-0, By Long March to Touchdown". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 23, 1927. p. 74. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  9. ^ "V. P. I. Submits to Moccasin". The University Echo. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. November 4, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  10. ^ "Gobblers Get Revenge On Rooster Team". The Gamecock. University of South Carolina. November 11, 1927. p. 6. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Gobblers Defeat Generals; Score First Time Since '22" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 16, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "V. P. I. Downs Generals 21 to 0 in Annual Classic at Blacksburg". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. November 17, 1927. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "Washington and Lee Bows To V. P. I. 21-0". The Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  14. ^ "V. P. I. Closes Season with 21 to 0 Victory". The New York Times. November 13, 1927. p. 156. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "Tech. Bows To V.M.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  16. ^ "V. M. I. Wins at Roanoke Spectacular Turkey Day Classic From V. P. I. 12 to 9". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  17. ^ "V. M. I. Wins From V. P. I. Thanksgiving". The Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. November 29, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "The Bugle 1928 Volume XXXIV". Virginia Tech. p. 341. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
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