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).

Roanoke
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
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
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.

Virginia
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
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
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.

Players
The following players were members of the 1929 football team according to the roster published in the 1930 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

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