1931 VPI Gobblers football team

1931 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1931 record	3–4–2 (1–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Orville Neale (2nd year)
Captain	Charles Eugene Brown
Home stadium	Miles Stadium

1931 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulane $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Alabama	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	3	4	–	3	–	3
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Florida	2	–	4	–	2	2	–	6	–	2
VMI	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
VPI	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	2
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Virginia	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1931 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1931 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Orville Neale and finished with a record of three wins, four losses and two ties (3–4–2).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26, 1931	King College*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 33–0
October 3, 1931	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	L 0–40
October 10, 1931	Davidson*	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	W 18–6
October 17, 1931	vs. William & Mary*	City Stadium • Richmond, VA	T 6–6
October 24, 1931	at Kentucky	McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY	L 6–20
October 31, 1931	Maryland	Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA	L 0–20
November 7, 1931	vs. Washington and Lee	Roanoke, VA	L 0–6
November 14, 1931	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	T 0–0
November 26, 1931	vs. VMI	Maher Field^[1] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 13–6
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1931 Virginia Tech football schedule^[2]

Players

The following players were members of the 1931 football team according to the roster published in the 1932 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[3]

VPI 1931 roster
	William Earle Betts Charles Eugene Brown (Capt.) Alfred L. Casey E. F. Chandler E. E. Dyke Bill Grinus Charles Alexander "Heinie" Groth Samuel Elkana Hardwick Eugene Goliday Hite Garland W Hoenstine		Harry Worden Howard John A. McIntre John Marshall Murphy Waightes Gibbs Ottley Benny Palmer William Breckenridge Porterfield Carl Francis Robison Henry DeWitt Shank Harry Hyman Stark James L. Swart

References

↑ "V.M.I. Loses To Va. Tech 13–6 In Turkey Day Classic". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 30, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1931–1932". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 9, 2016.
↑ "The Bugle 1932" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1932. Retrieved 2016-01-09.

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