1932 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1932 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1932 Southern Conference football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1).

Schedule

 * Source: HokieSports.com: 1932 Virginia Tech football schedule

Players
The following players were members of the 1932 football team according to the roster published in the 1933 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

Georgia
VPI Captain Bill Grinus blocked the tying extra point in the upset over Georgia.

at Alabama

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Against the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, VPI lost 9-6 in front 11,000 spectators at Denny Stadium, which was the second largest crowd to ever visit the stadium at the time. VPI came into the game undefeated (6-0), while Alabama was 5-1. After a scoreless first quarter, the Gobblers took a 6–0 lead in the second after Ray Mills threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Al Casey. In the third, the score was cut to 6–2 after a bad snap to Casey from the center resulted in a safety. Later in the quarter Alabama took a 9–6 lead that it held to the end of the game when halfback Dixie Howell scored a touchdown on a nine-yard run.

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