1939 VPI Gobblers football team

1939 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1939 record	4–5–1 (1–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Henry Redd (8th season)
Captain	David Marion Pitts
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons

1939 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Duke †	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Clemson	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
VMI	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Richmond	3	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	2
Furman	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Washington & Lee	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Virginia Tech	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1939 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Henry Redd and finished with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23		[[{{{school}}}|Randolph–Macon]]*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 26–0
September 30		at Marshall*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–20
October 7	2:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	L 6–13	15,000
October 14		vs. William & Mary	City Stadium Richmond, VA	T 6–6
October 21		Centre Colonels*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 28–0
October 28		vs. Washington and Lee	Municipal Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 0–6	12,000
November 4		[[{{{school}}}|Furman]]	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 20–7
November 11	2:30 p.m.	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 0–13
November 18		at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 13–0
November 30		vs. VMI	Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 7–19	20,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1939 Virginia Tech football schedule

Players

The following players were members of the 1939 football team according to the roster published in the 1940 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1939 roster
	Quarterbacks Richard Davis Kern Samuel B. Rose, Jr. Guards Van Anderson H. Woodrow Gosney Robert Preston Graves Joseph Franklin Smith William Lee Tate John Charles Wycoff Tackles James Emory Coleman Frank DeBord Benjamin McCurdy David Marion Pitts (Capt.) Andrew Wellington Todd Ralph Travis Unterzuber Centers Graham Sullivan Buchanan Herbert Andrews Markle Frank Arthur Streiff William Daniel Zydiak		Ends Gerald Harley Clark John L. Henderson Robert Lawson Daniel Green Shawhan Louis Willson Halfbacks William Barnes Philip Galliano DeMuro Mathew Leslie Ellison Willard Joseph Henderson Sherwood Roudabush Herbert Joseph Thomas Albert Crawford Traynham Garrett Ernest Taylor James Walter Woolwine Fullbacks Irving Ward Boswell Rankin McGuire Hudson George Daniel Warriner