1940 VPI Gobblers football team

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1940 Virginia Tech Hokies football
VT logo.svg
Conference Southern Conference
1940 record 5–5 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach Henry Redd (9th year)
Captain James Emory Coleman
John L. Henderson
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
« 1939 1941 »
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 0 0     6 2 1
#18 Duke 4 1 0     7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0     7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1     6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0     6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0     7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1     7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0     5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1     2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0     5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0     3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1     2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0     3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0     5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0     4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1940 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).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 21, 1940 Catawba* Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 34–12  
September 28, 1940 at Marshall* Fairfield StadiumHuntington, WV L 7–13  
October 5, 1940 Richmond Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA L 7–13  
October 12, 1940 vs. William & Mary City StadiumRichmond, VA L 13–20  
October 19, 1940 at Georgetown* Griffith StadiumWashington, DC L 4–46  
October 26, 1940 vs. Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA W 21–0  
November 2, 1940 vs. Virginia* Norfolk, VA (Rivalry) W 6–0  
November 9, 1940 Furman Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA W 38–21  
November 16, 1940 at Centre* Farris Stadium • Danville, KY W 10–6  
November 21, 1940 vs. VMI Maher Field[1]Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) L 0–14   21,000[1]
*Non-conference game.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1940 Virginia Tech football schedule[2]

Players

The following players were members of the 1940 football team according to the roster published in the 1941 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

VPI 1940 roster
  • Van Anderson
  • Mason H. Blandford
  • Alton Harwood Belcher
  • Irvin Jean Chasen
  • Gerald Harley Clark
  • James Emory Coleman
  • Robert Preston Graves
  • John L. Henderson
  • Rankin McGuire Hudson
  • William Wilson James
  • William B. Johnson
  • Samuel Benjamin Judy
  • Richard Davis Kern
  • Robert Lawson
  • Roger Nelson McClure
  • Henry Morehead
  • Joseph Franklin Smith
  • J. O. Smith
  • Benjamin Tate
  • William Lee Tate
  • Garrett Ernest Taylor
  • Herbert Joseph Thomas
  • Andrew Wellington Todd
  • Albert C. Traynham
  • George Daniel Warriner
  • Eugene H. Wheeler
  • James Walter Woolwine
  • Ralph Travis Unterzuber
  • William Daniel Zydiak

References

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  2. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1940–1941". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 15, 2016.
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