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1933 VPI Gobblers football team

1933 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1933 record 4–3–3 (1–1–3 SoCon)
Head coach Henry Redd (2nd year)
Captain William Breckenridge Porterfield
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Duke $ 4 0 0     9 1 0
South Carolina 3 0 0     6 3 1
North Carolina 2 1 0     4 5 0
VMI 2 1 1     2 7 1
Washington and Lee 1 1 1     4 4 2
Clemson 1 1 0     3 6 2
VPI 1 1 3     4 3 3
Virginia 1 3 1     2 6 2
Maryland 1 4 0     3 7 0
NC State 0 4 0     1 5 3
  • $ – Conference champion
VPI at Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
VPI 0 0 0 0 0
Alabama 6 12 9 0 27
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The 1933 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1933 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, three losses and three ties (4–3–3).

The following players were members of the 1933 football team according to the roster published in the 1934 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

Against the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, VPI lost 0-27 in front 10,000 spectators at Denny Stadium. Alabama took a 6–0 first quarter lead after Riley Smith scored on a five-yard touchdown run. They extended their lead to 18–0 at halftime on touchdown runs of one-yard by Joe Demyanovich and ten-yards by James Angelich in the second quarter. Alabama then closed the game with a 16-yard Dixie Howell touchdown run and a tackle of the Gobblers' Ray Mills for a safety in the third for the 27–0 win.

Alabama's assistant coach was former VPI player Hank Crisp.


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