1933 VPI Gobblers football team

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1933 Virginia Tech Hokies football
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Conference Southern Conference
1933 record 4–3–3 (1–1–3 SoCon)
Head coach Henry Redd (2nd year)
Captain William Breckenridge Porterfield
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
« 1932 1934 »
1933 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Duke $ 4 0 0     9 1 0
South Carolina 3 0 0     6 3 1
North Carolina 2 1 0     4 5 0
VMI 2 1 1     2 7 1
Washington and Lee 1 1 1     4 4 2
Clemson 1 1 0     3 6 2
VPI 1 1 3     4 3 3
Virginia 1 3 1     2 6 2
Maryland 1 4 0     3 7 0
NC State 0 4 0     1 5 3
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1933 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1933 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, three losses and three ties (4–3–3).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 23, 1933 Roanoke* Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 7–0   -
September 30, 1933 at Tennessee* Shields-Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN L 0–27   -
October 7, 1933 vs. Maryland Norfolk, VA W 14–0   -
October 14, 1933 vs. William & Mary* City StadiumRichmond, VA W 13–7   9,000[1]
October 21, 1933 at Richmond* City StadiumRichmond, VA W 7–0   -
October 28, 1933 South Carolina Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA L 0–12   -
November 4, 1933 Washington and Lee Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA T 7–7   -
November 11, 1933 at Alabama* Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL L 0–27   10,000[2]
November 18, 1933 at Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA (Rivalry) T 6–6   -
November 30, 1933 vs. VMI Maher Field[3]Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) T 0–0   11,000[3]
*Non-conference game.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1933 Virginia Tech football schedule[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1933 football team according to the roster published in the 1934 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1933 roster
Quarterbacks
  • William Duncan Holsclaw
  • Charles Emmett Ashburn Morgan

Guards

  • Edward Ralph English
  • K. T. "Hank" Lindsay
  • John Marshall Murphy
  • John Norman Ochs

Tackles

  • Garland W. Hoenstine
  • Harry Worden Howard
  • Richard Huffman
  • Leon Dalmain Simmons
Centers
  • James Henry Copenhaver
  • William Breckenridge Porterfield (Capt.)

Ends

  • John A. McIntre
  • Warren "Red" Negri
  • Robert M. Stump
  • David Thomas

Halfbacks

  • Alfred L. Casey
  • M. Cunningham
  • Ray Mills
  • James Edward Ottaway
Fullbacks
  • Carl Francis Robison
  • George Maxie Smith

Substitutes

  • George Vanderslice Beamon
  • Rankin
  • Lawrence Samuel Reynolds
  • Howard Arnold Spruill
  • Arthur Everett Stump
  • Tyler

Season summary

at Alabama

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VPI at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
VPI 0 0 0 0 0
Alabama 6 12 9 0 27

Against the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, VPI lost 0-27 in front 10,000 spectators at Denny Stadium.[2] Alabama took a 6–0 first quarter lead after Riley Smith scored on a five-yard touchdown run.[2] They extended their lead to 18–0 at halftime on touchdown runs of one-yard by Joe Demyanovich and ten-yards by James Angelich in the second quarter.[2] Alabama then closed the game with a 16-yard Dixie Howell touchdown run and a tackle of the Gobblers' Ray Mills for a safety in the third for the 27–0 win.[2]

Alabama's assistant coach was former VPI player Hank Crisp.

References

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  4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1933–1934". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 9, 2016.
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