1927 VPI Gobblers football team

Roanoke

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

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

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

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

The Gobblers lost their second straight game, this time against UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia. During the opening quarter, VPI marched 45 yards down the field, only to be stopped by UVA on the 3-yard line. In the second quarter, UVA scored the only points of the game, after an 85-yard drive. On their own 10-yard line, UVA's Sloan faked a punt and then ran for 35 yards. The drive concluded with a lateral pass from Hushion to Sloan for the touchdown.

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

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

The starting lineup for Chattanooga was: Robert Groeschel (left end), Bowden Findley (left tackle), James Cassidy (left guard), Philip Magevny (center), Leslie Morgan (right guard), Joe Kopcha (right tackle), Milton Thompson (right end), Donald Overmeyer (quarterback), Clarence Lautzenheiser (left halfback), Cleveland Barrett (right halfback), Dale Cryster (fullback).

South Carolina

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), Mattox (left halfback), Peake (right halfback), Hudgins (fullback). The substitutes were: MacArthur, Rule and Tomko.

The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Robert Stoddard (left end), Harry Wolfe (left tackle), Ralph Guarino (left guard), R. E. "Red" Fulmer (center), W. R. "Monkey" Price (right guard), Floyd Thomas (right tackle), George Keels (right end), Emmett Wingfield (quarterback), Pita (left halfback), Hiza (right halfback), W. W. "Red" Swink (fullback). The substitutes were: Edwin Zobel.

Washington and Lee

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

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.

Roster

Monogram Club members

Fourteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1927 VPI team.^[19]