1937 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1937 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1937 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5).

1937 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1937 record5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainCarol Leo Shockey
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maryland $ 2 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 –0 –1  7 –1 –1
Clemson 2 –0 –1  4 –4 –1
No. 20 Duke 5 –1 –0  7 –2 –1
VMI 4 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
NC State 4 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
South Carolina 2 –2 –1  5 –6 –1
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
The Citadel 2 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Richmond 2 –3 –0  5 –4 –1
Furman 1 –2 –2  4 –3 –2
VPI 2 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
William & Mary 1 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
Wake Forest 1 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
Davidson 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 18Roanoke*
W 27–7
September 258:00 p.m.[1]vs. Duke
L 0–2511,000[2]
October 2at Tennessee*
L 0–27
October 9vs. William & Mary
L 0–12
October 16at NC State
L 7–137,000[3]
October 23Washington and Lee
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 19–75,000[4]
October 30Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 31–0
November 6at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 7–12
November 13at Virginia*
W 14–7
November 25vs. VMIRoanoke, VA (rivalry)W 12–6
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1937 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1937 football team according to the roster published in the 1938 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1937 roster
  • James Raymond Belcher
  • Stephen B. Bogese
  • Irving Ward Boswell
  • Billy Boyd
  • Graham S. Buchanan
  • Archibald Branks Cameron
  • Joe Carr
  • Martin Ricks Cobb
  • Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger
  • Weldon Darnell
  • James Blackwell Davis
  • Philip Galliano DeMuro
  • William Harper Devlin
  • Lloyd Gibbs Doxey
  • Samuel Bascom Dunn
  • Mathew Leslie Ellison
  • Leonard H. Futrell
  • James Anthony Gaugler
  • John Alfred Hamer
  • Melvin Henry
  • Paul Higgins
  • Wade Hampton Hitt
  • Woodrow Kantner
  • Ernest Stuart King
  • Howard Dilworth Mast
  • William McClelland
  • Albert Sanford Miller
  • Ruffner Page Murray
  • Frank Lovitt Oliver
  • Frank Marion Pierce
  • David Marion Pitts
  • Stanley Covington Powers
  • Arthur Stephen Robison
  • Brick Rothrock
  • Rochelle Rountree
  • Daniel Green Shawhan
  • Carol Leo Shockey (Capt.)
  • Chilton Shorter
  • Claude Simpson
  • George Thorpe
  • Leo Arthur Vecellio
  • Edgar Waugh
  • Boswell William
  • Louis Willson
  • Neil Saunders Wood
  • Robert Woolwine
  • Woodrum Woolwine
  • George Yellott Worthington
  • Thomas Wright
  • Walter E. Zilahy

References
  1. "Night Game to Usher in 1937 Grid Season For Blue Devil Eleven". The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 24, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  2. "Wademen Open Season With Win Over V.P.I." The Duke Chronicle. Duke University. September 28, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. "State Defeats V.P.I. Gobblers By 13–7 Count". Technician. North Carolina State University. October 22, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. "Big Blue Downed 19-7 At Tech Homecoming" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 26, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  5. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1937–1938". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 11, 2016.
  6. "The Bugle 1938" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1938. p. 216. Retrieved 2016-01-11.


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