1937 VPI Gobblers football team

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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).

ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Headcoach
CaptainCarol Leo Shockey
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1937 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainCarol Leo Shockey
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland $2–0–08–2–0
No. 19 North Carolina4–0–17–1–1
Clemson2–0–14–4–1
No. 20 Duke5–1–07–2–1
VMI4–2–05–5–0
NC State4–2–15–3–1
South Carolina2–2–15–6–1
Washington and Lee2–3–04–5–0
The Citadel2–3–07–4–0
Richmond2–3–05–4–1
Furman1–2–24–3–2
VPI2–4–05–5–0
William & Mary1–3–04–5–0
Wake Forest1–4–03–6–0
Davidson1–6–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Roanoke*
W 27–74,000[1][2][3][4]
September 258:00 p.m.vs. Duke
L 0–2511,000–12,000[5][6][7]
October 2at Tennessee*
L 0–2710,000[8][9]
October 9vs. William & Mary
L 0–126,000[10]
October 168:00 p.m.at NC State
L 7–137,000[11][12]
October 23Washington and Leedagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 19–75,000[13][14][15][16]
October 30Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 31–03,000[17]
November 6at Richmond
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 7–12[18][19][20]
November 132:10 p.m.at Virginia*
W 14–77,000–7,500[21][22]
November 25vs. VMI
W 12–620,000[23][24]
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Before the season

The 1936 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–5 record and were led by Henry Redd in his fifth season as head coach.

Game summaries

Roanoke

Roanoke at VPI
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Team 1 234Total
Roanoke 0 700 7
• VPI 7 767 27
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  • Date: September 18, 1937
  • Location: Miles Stadium
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 4,000
  • Game weather: "Ideal"
  • Referee: Henry Gerard (Illinois)
See also: 1937 Roanoke Maroons football team

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Stadium.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Vecellio (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Shockey (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Cameron, Cregger, B. Davis, DeMuro, Dunn, King, Mart, Oliver, Pitts and Rountree.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Stanley Snidow (left end), Dexter Goodwin (left tackle), Robert Anderson (left guard), Fred Coots (center), Larry Larson (right guard), Victor Cotter (right tackle), Kenneth Moore (right end), Bill Mongiello (quarterback), Perry Crumley (left halfback), Bernard Pedneau (right halfback), Rodney Lester (fullback). The substitutes were: Mack Barnitz, Ed Goodwin, John Higgins, Rip Patrone, Rice, Conley Snidow, Wilson and Sam Yeager.

Duke

Duke Vs. VPI
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Team 1 234Total
• Duke 7 666 25
VPI 0 000 0
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See also: 1937 Duke Blue Devils football team

After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Duke University at World War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Robison (left tackle), Worthington (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Shockey (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Darnell (fullback).

The starting lineup for Duke was: Herbert Hudgins (left end), Joe Brunansky (left tackle), Bolo Perdue (left guard), Dan Hill (center), Buckle Badgett (right guard), Woody Lipscomb (right tackle), Fred Edwards (right end), Elmore Hackney (quarterback), Robert Spangler (left halfback), Eric Tipton (right halfback), Bob O'Mara (fullback). The substitutes were: Blackie Baskerville, Frank Ribar and Hardwood Smith.

Tennessee

VPI at Tennessee
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Team 1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• Tenn 7 1406 27
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See also: 1937 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Powers (quarterback), DeMuro (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Cameron, Dunn, Ellison, Mast, Pitts, Shawhan, William and Worthington.

The starting lineup for Tennessee was: George Hunter (left end), Robert Fulton (left tackle), William Leffler (left guard), Joseph Little (center), Joe Black Hayes (right guard), Boyd Clay (right tackle), Ralph Eldred (right end), William McCarren (quarterback), Walter "Babe" Wood (left halfback), Cheek Duncan (right halfback), Marion Perkins (fullback). The substitutes were: Bacon, William F. Barnes, Sam Bartholomew, George Cafego, Leonard Coffman, Frank Crawford, Disspayne, Fields, Thomas "Red" Harp, Gerald Hendricks, Hereford, Melvin Herring, Bonnie Hodge, Carl Hubbuck, Van Kelley, Samuel Levine, Markey Luttrell, Allen Ramsey, Reno, Alvin Rice, Jim Rike, William Sanders, Robert Sneed, Alfred Thomas, Webber, Bob Woodruff and Bowden Wyatt.

William & Mary

William & Mary vs. VPI
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Team 1 234Total
• W&M 6 006 12
VPI 0 000 0
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See also: 1937 William & Mary Indians football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Mast (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), Shockey (right halfback), Darnell (fullback). The substitutes were: Cameron, Cregger, DeMuro, Dunn, King, Pitt, Powers, Vecellio and Wilson.

The starting lineup for William & Mary was: John Coiner (left end), Samuel Walker (left tackle), Hugh McGowan (left guard), Herbert Krueger (center), John Davidson (right guard), John Dillard (right tackle), Stan Kamen (right end), Otis Bunch (quarterback), Charles Hall (left halfback), Yeager (right halfback), Gus Twiddy (fullback). The substitutes were: Tommy Della Torre, Mike Hook, Elmo Legg and Arthur Tanner.

NC State

VPI at NC State
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Team 1 234Total
VPI 0 070 7
• NC State 7 060 13
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See also: 1937 NC State Wolfpack football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Robison (right tackle), Cameron (right end), Mast (quarterback), DeMuro (left halfback), Belcher (right halfback), Henry (fullback). The substitutes were: Robison.

The starting lineup for NC State was: Connie Mack Berry (left end), E. V. Helms (left tackle), J. B. Hines (left guard), W. H. Retter (center), Warren Wooden (right guard), George Fry (right tackle), Dick Thompson (right end), George Murphy (quarterback), Artie Rooney (left halfback), Joseph Schwerdt (right halfback), Paul Lozier (fullback). The substitutes were: Eddie Berlinski.

Washington and Lee

Washington and Lee at VPI
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
W&L 0 700 7
• VPI 6 067 19
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  • Date: October 23, 1937
  • Location: Miles Stadium
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 5,000
  • Game weather: "bitterly cold"
  • Referee: Henry Gerard (Illinois)
See also: 1937 Washington and Lee Generals football team

VPI's 1937 homecoming game was a victory over Washington and Lee.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Devlin (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Cameron, Darnell, Ellison, King and Robison.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Bob Spessard (left end), Richard "Dick" Boisseau (left tackle), J. D. Wilson (left guard), William Rogers (center), William Brown (right guard), Joseph Ochsie (right tackle), Charles Lykes (right end), Don Dunlap (quarterback), C. Harrison Hogan (left halfback), R. M. White (right halfback), L. E. Long (fullback). The substitutes were: Raymond Craft, Merton "Chubby" Howard, James Humphrey, R. Shack Parrish and Francis Sugrue.

Hampden–Sydney

Hampden–Sydney at VPI
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Team 1 234Total
HS 0 000 0
• VPI 12 0613 31
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The starting lineup for VPI was: Cameron (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Willson (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Boswell, Buchanan, Darnell, Devlin, Doxey, Dunn, Futrell, Hamer, McClelland, Montague, Oliver, Pitt, Powers, Robison, Rothrock, Rountree, Shockey, Simpson, Waugh and Wright.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Robert Kincaid (left end), Johnson (left tackle), Sullivan (left guard), Walter "Jack" Pedigo (center), Albert Howard (right guard), Thomas Crume (right tackle), Craft (right end), John Richardson (quarterback), Stuart Walden (left halfback), Williams (right halfback), Charles Spencer (fullback). The substitutes were: James Armistead, Barnes, Batten, Albert Buchinsky, Flannigan, Willie Hall, Frank Hyde, May, Luke McCallion, Harry Null, O'Hair and Sawyers.

Richmond

VPI at Richmond
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Team 1 234Total
VPI 0 070 7
• Richmond 12 000 12
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See also: 1937 Richmond Spiders football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Oliver (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Darnell and Shockey.

The starting lineup for Richmond was: Joseph Straughan (left end), Charles Siddall (left tackle), Via (left guard), Faris (center), Forrest Norvell (right guard), William Morrison (right tackle), A. B. Marchant (right end), Len Kielpinski (quarterback), Stuart Hoskins (left halfback), Buddy Lawless (right halfback), Clyde Pendleton (fullback). The substitutes were: Ed Merrick and Ed Sinar.

Virginia

VPI at Virginia
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Team 1 234Total
• VPI 0 707 14
UVA 7 000 7
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See also: 1937 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), King (left guard), Murray (center), Worthington (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), DeMuro (quarterback), Darnell (left halfback), Henry (right halfback), Belcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Shockey.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: James Sargeant (left end), William Weeks (left tackle), Ray Schmidt (left guard), Keilman (center), John Acree (right guard), Arthur Bryant (right tackle), George (right end), Walter Smith (quarterback), Peter Nistad (left halfback), Jim Gillette (right halfback), Harry McClaugherty (fullback). The substitutes were: Harry Dinwiddie.

VMI

VMI vs. VPI
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Team 1 234Total
VMI 0 006 6
• VPI 0 606 12
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  • Date: November 25, 1937
  • Location: Maher Field
    Roanoke, VA
  • Game attendance: 20,000
See also: 1937 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Pierce (left end), Davis (left tackle), Robison (left guard), Murray (center), Devlin (right guard), Vecellio (right tackle), Doxey (right end), Cregger (quarterback), Henry (left halfback), DeMuro (right halfback), Shockey (fullback).

The starting lineup for VMI was: Ray Brittingham (left end), Richard Strickler (left tackle), Thomas Gray (left guard), Richard Irby (center), William "Red" Echols (right guard), Fieldler (right tackle), E. Ray Taylor (right end), Billy Roberson (quarterback), Vendel "Bud" Kovar (left halfback), Paul Shu (right halfback), Andy Trzeciak (fullback).

After the season

In December 1937, the VPI players chose Frank Pierce as captain of the 1938 VPI Gobblers football team.[25]

Players

Roster

More information VPI 1937 roster ...
VPI 1937 roster
  • James Raymond Belcher
  • Stephen B. Bogese
  • Irving Ward Boswell
  • Billy Boyd
  • Graham S. Buchanan
  • Archie Cameron
  • Joe Carr
  • Martin Ricks Cobb
  • Pete Cregger
  • Weldon Darnell
  • Junior Davis
  • Phil DeMuro
  • W. H. Devlin
  • Lloyd Doxey
  • Samuel Bascom Dunn
  • Mathew Leslie Ellison
  • Leonard H. Futrell
  • James Anthony Gaugler
  • John Alfred Hamer
  • Mel Henry
  • Paul Higgins
  • Wade Hampton Hitt
  • Woodrow Kantner
  • E. S. King
  • Howard Mast
  • William McClelland
  • Al Miller
  • R. P. Murray
  • Frank Lovitt Oliver
  • Frank Pierce
  • David Marion Pitts
  • Stanley Covington "Sonny" Powers
  • Arthur Robison
  • Brick Rothrock
  • Rochelle Rountree
  • Daniel Green Shawhan
  • Carol Shockey (Capt.)
  • Chilton Shorter
  • Claude Simpson
  • George Thorpe
  • Leo Vecellio
  • Edgar Waugh
  • Boswell William
  • Louis Willson
  • Neil Saunders Wood
  • Robert Woolwine
  • Woodrum Woolwine
  • George Worthington
  • Thomas Wright
  • Walter E. Zilahy
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Varsity letter winners

Eighteen players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1937 VPI team.[26]

More information Player, Hometown ...
Player Hometown Notes
James Raymond Belcher Petersburg, Virginia
Archibald Branks Cameron Cranford, New Jersey World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart.
Marvin Andrew "Pete" Cregger Cripple Creek, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army).
Weldon Tolliver "Kinky" Darnell Winston-Salem, North Carolina
James Blackwell "Junior" Davis Fauquier County, Virginia
Philip Galliano DeMuro Passaic, New Jersey
William Harper Devlin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lloyd Gibbs Doxey Halifax, North Carolina World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.
Melvin Henry Cumberland, Maryland
Ernest Stuart King Disputanta, Virginia
Howard Dilworth Mast Lynnhaven, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant (junior grade), Navy).
Albert Sanford Miller Hampton, Virginia
Ruffner Page Murray Memphis, Tennessee
Frank Marion Pierce Suffolk, Virginia World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army).
Arthur Stephen Robison Richmond, Virginia World War II veteran (Army).
Carol Leo Shockey (Capt.) Shockeysville, Virginia
Leo Arthur Vecellio Beckley, West Virginia World War II veteran (Army). Awarded the Legion of Merit.
George Yellott Worthington Washington, DC
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Coaching and training staff

  • Head coach: Henry Redd
  • Assistant coaches
  • Manager: W. B. Wine
  • Freshman coaches
    • Freshman head coach: C. E. Tilson
    • Assistant freshman coach and trainer: Thomas A. Slusser

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