# 1929 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1929 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1929 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Andy Gustafson and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 28 | | Roanoke* | Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA | W 19–0 | |
| October 5 | | Hampden–Sydney* | Miles StadiumBlacksburg, VA | W 37–6 | |
| October 12 | 2:30 p.m. | at Pennsylvania* | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA | L 8–14 | 30,000 |
| October 19 | | vs. William & Mary* | City StadiumRichmond, VA | W 25–14 | 12,000 |
| October 26 | | at North Carolina | Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC | L 13–38 | 8,000 |
| November 2 | | vs. Washington and Lee | Municipal StadiumLynchburg, VA | W 36–6 | 7,000-10,000+ |
| November 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Virginia | Lambeth FieldCharlottesville, VA (rivalry) | W 32–12 | |
| November 16 | | vs. Maryland | League ParkNorfolk, VA | L 0–24 | |
| November 28 | | vs. VMI | Maher FieldRoanoke, VA (rivalry) | L 0–14 | 22,000 |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1928 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7–2 record and were led by Andy Gustafson in his third season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Roanoke

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roanoke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Stadium.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Swart (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Wimmer (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Stark (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), McEver (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), Owens (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Chandler, Chrisman, Davis, Gardner, Hardwick, Maury Hubbard, Ottley, Pendleton, Rice, Rule, Shannon and Tomko.
The starting lineup for Roanoke was: F. M. "Cal" Ritter (left end), S. W. "Pete" Lavinder (left tackle), A. W. Caughman (left guard), W. T. "Ted" Fix (center), R. L. Abbott (right guard), Lloyd "Buzzy" Goode (right tackle), R. M. McPherson (right end), Ed I. Bell (quarterback), Billy O. Williams (left halfback), S. C. Rutherford (right halfback), Roy Boyle (fullback). The substitutes were: P. E. Ahalt, E. L. Cruise, R. B. Farley, J. L. Harne, Henson, F. W. Trimmer and Zirkle.

### Hampden–Sydney

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| HS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| • VPI | 12 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 37 |
After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Stadium.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Swart (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Wimmer (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Stark (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Chandler, Christman, Davis, Gardner, Haggerty, Hardwick, Maury Hubbard, Hughes, Ottley, Owens, Rice and Shannon.
The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Ellis Allen (left end), John Nance (left tackle), George Hughes (left guard), Frances Lineweaver (center), Roy Hogan (right guard), Benjamin Franklin (right tackle), Robert Lawson (right end), Ralph Willis (quarterback), Raymond McCann (left halfback), Charles Garden (right halfback), John Ruffner (fullback). The substitutes were: Carl Arehart, Hugh Blanton, Joseph Bradford, Andrew Ingles, Henry McLaughlin, Hugh Powell, Wellford Reed and George Woodworth.

### Pennsylvania

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| • Penn | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Stark (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Wimmer (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Swart (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), Owens (fullback).
The starting lineup for Pennsylvania was: Sydney Gervin (left end), John Utz (left tackle), Barrett (left guard), Joseph Olexy (center), Walter Magai (right guard), Curtis Morris (right tackle), Paul Riblett (right end), Morton Wilner (quarterback), Walt Masters (left halfback), Wally Opekun (right halfback), Richard Gentle (fullback). The substitutes were: Alfred Ratowsky.

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| W&M | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| • VPI | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 25 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Stark (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Wimmer (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Swart (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), Owens (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Green, Ritter and Rule.
The starting lineup for William & Mary was: J. Bauserman (left end), James Murphy (left tackle), Crawford Syer (left guard), Fields (center), Otis Douglas (right guard), Benton (right tackle), Willis (right end), Ryan (quarterback), William Scott (left halfback), Paul Baldacci (right halfback), Butch Constantino (fullback). The substitutes were: R. D. Bauserman, T. Bauserman, Darden, Diggs, William Koufman and Clarence Maxey.

### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| W&L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| • VPI | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 36 |

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • VPI | 0 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 32 |
| UVA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Swart (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Wimmer (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Stark (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Chandler, Dyke, Green, Haggerty, Harding, Maury Hubbard, Owens, Rice, Ritter, Rule and Shannon.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Dick Turner (left end), Dick Day (left tackle), Ivey (left guard), George Taylor (center), Church Dunn (right guard), Bill Williams (right tackle), Bill Byrd (right end), Hunter Faulconer (quarterback), William Thomas (left halfback), Herbert Bryant (right halfback), Albert Lewy (fullback). The substitutes were: Richard DeButts, Fenton Gentry, Goldenburg, Lankford, Lee, Norwood Orrick, John Peyton, Frank Sippley and John Sloan.

### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Maryland | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Ritter (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Brown (center), Dexter Hubbard (right guard), Green (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Spear (left halfback), Tomko (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Chandler, Dyke, Jones, Ottley, Owens, Rice, Rule, Stark and Wimmer.
The starting lineup for Maryland was: Alfred Pease (left end), Herman Lombard (left tackle), William Heintz (left guard), George Madigan (center), Jesse Krajcovic (right guard), Ernie Carliss (right tackle), Al Heagy (right end), William W. Evans (quarterback), Miller (left halfback), George V. Chalmers (right halfback), Julius J. Radice (fullback). The substitutes were: Parker Faber, William Fisher, May, John McDonald, Jack Norris, Frederick Ribnitzki and Roberts.

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • VMI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Swart (left tackle), Gray (left guard), Brown (center), Jones (right guard), Green (right tackle), Pattie (right end), Hooper (quarterback), Tomko (left halfback), Spear (right halfback), McEver (fullback). The substitutes were: Maury Hubbard, Owens, Rice, Ritter, Rule, Stark and Wimmer.
The starting lineup for VMI was: Joel Moody (left end), Louis Chadwick (left tackle), William Haase (left guard), Virgil Grow (center), Philip Willard (right guard), Benjamin Smith (right tackle), Tommy Scott (right end), Albert Hawkins (quarterback), John Biggs (left halfback), Bernard McCray (right halfback), Roy Dunn (fullback). The substitutes were: Basil Gravatt, Aubrey Grow and Charles Holtzclaw.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: Andy Gustafson
* Assistant coach: N. Lee Frank
* Freshman head coach: Henry Redd
* Freshman assistant coaches
** A. F. Bailey
** P. Hotchkiss
* Freshman Manager: I. M. McGhee