The1934 VPI Gobblers football team representedVirginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the1934 college football season. The team was led by their head coachHenry Redd and finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5).

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22		Roanoke*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–0		[1][2]
September 29		atTemple*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–34	12,000	[3][4]
October 6		Florida*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 13–20		[5][6]
October 13		vs.William & Mary*	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 6–0	9,000	[7][8]
October 20	2:30 p.m.	vs.Maryland	Bain Field Norfolk, VA	L 9–14	> 4,500	[9][10][11]
October 27	11:00 a.m.	atWashington and Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	L 7–13	8,000-10,000	[12][13][14][15]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	atSouth Carolina	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–20		[16][17][18]
November 10	2:15 p.m.	vs.NC State	Washington Street Park Portsmouth, VA	W 7–6	7,000	[19][20][21]
November 17		Virginia	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 19–6	3,000	[22][23]
November 29		vs.VMI	Maher Field Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 13–0	10,000	[24][25]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are inEastern time

The1933 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 4–3–3 record and were led byHenry Redd in his second season as head coach.

VPI's first game of the season was a victory overRoanoke atMiles Stadium.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Reynolds (left end), Dodge (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), English (right guard), Banks (right tackle), Negri (right end), Smith (quarterback), Ottaway (left halfback), Russell (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Botnick, Cunningham, Dailey, Fittro, Ingles, Ochs, Rankin, Sodaro, Spruill, Stowe, Thomas and Wagley.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Ward Akers (left end), George Pitzer (left tackle), Gus Quisito (left guard), Weldon Plank (center), Earl Fisher (right guard), Harry Suttner (right tackle), J. "Buss" Irvin (right end), Harrison Weeks (quarterback), Gregory Wroniewicz (left halfback), Herman Smith (right halfback), Bud Miley (fullback). The substitutes were: Carey Brewbaker, Edward Gough and John Pitzer.

After their victory over Roanoke, VPI playedTemple University atTemple Stadium inPhiladelphia.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Thomas (left end), Banks (left tackle), English (left guard), Jones (center), Copenhaver (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Negri (right end), Smith (quarterback), Ottaway (left halfback), Russell (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Temple was: Wise (left end), J. Russell (left tackle), John Boyd (left guard),Peter P. Stevens (center), Schaefer (right guard), Zukas (right tackle), Zanin (right end),Glenn Frey (quarterback), John Stonik (left halfback), Daniel Testa (right halfback),David Smukler (fullback). The substitutes were: Hartman, Wilfred Longsderff and Horace Mowrey.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Thomas (left end), Banks (left tackle), English (left guard), Wagley (center), Ochs (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Negri (right end), Smith (quarterback), Holsclaw (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Florida was: Chuck Rogers (left end), Hal Starbuck (left tackle), Bill Turner (left guard), Alton Brown (center), Carlisle Hughes (right guard), Bill Stark (right tackle), Robert Rickett (right end),Wally Brown (quarterback),Billy Chase (left halfback), Jack Beckwith (right halfback), Charlie Stoltz (fullback).

The starting lineup for VPI was: Thomas (left end), Dodge (left tackle), English (left guard), Copenhaver (center), Ochs (right guard), Negri (right tackle), Fittro (right end), Smith (quarterback), Holsclaw (left halfback), Sodaro (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Botnick, Cunningham, Huffman and Russell.

The starting lineup for William & Mary was: Albert Michaels (left end), Waddy Stewart (left tackle), Frank Livesay (left guard), Joseph Bridgers (center), Joseph Marino (right guard), Norman Murray (right tackle),Walter J. Zable (right end), Charles Shade (quarterback), Melville Bryant (left halfback), Arthur Woodward (right halfback), William Yerkes (fullback). The substitutes were: Marshall Brickell, Albert DeGutis, Preacher Franklyn, Hatke, Ned LeGrande, Reginald Pinch, Harry Spack and John Truehart.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Fittro (left end), Huffman (left tackle), Ochs (left guard), Copenhaver (center), Botnick (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Thomas (right end), Holsclaw (quarterback), Smith (left halfback), Sodaro (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Daily, Negri, Ottaway, Reynolds, Russell and Stowe.

The starting lineup for Maryland was: Louis Ennis (left end), Ed Minion (left tackle), John Birkland (left guard), Bill Andorka (center), John Simpson (right guard), Carl Stalfort (right tackle), Victor G. Willis (right end),Norwood Sothoron (quarterback),Bill Guckeyson (left halfback), George Sachs (right halfback), Charles Yaeger (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks Bradley, Bernie Buscher, Joseph Crecca, Edmond Daly, Charles F. Ellinger, Edward Fletcher, William Garrott, John Gormley, Harry Gretz, Coleman Headley,Charlie Keller, Stewart McCaw, Tom McLaughlin, Dick Nelson, Edward Quigley, Jack Stonebraker and Earl Widmyer.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Fittro (left end), Negri (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), Banks (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Thomas (right end), Holsclaw (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Smith (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: William Ellis (left end), William Dyer (left tackle), Porter Berry (left guard), George Glynn (center), Hugo Bonino (right guard), Howard Owings (right tackle), Charles Smith (right end), William Seaton (quarterback), Samuel Mattox (left halfback), Alfred Moore (right halfback), Jack Bailey (fullback). The substitutes were: Joseph Arnold and Edward Seitz.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Fittro (left end), Banks (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), Botnick (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Thomas (right end), Smith (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Ottaway (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback).

The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Tom Craig (left end), Paul Gaffney (left tackle), Donald Tomlin (left guard), Strod (center), Dean Fowble (right guard), Freeman Huskey (right tackle), John Rowland (right end), Harold Mauney (quarterback), Clay "Bud" Alexander (left halfback), Bob Robbins (right halfback), Allie McDougall (fullback). The substitutes were: William McCrady and Walker Yonce.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Thomas (left end), Banks (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), Botnick (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Fittro (right end), Smith (quarterback), Russell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Holsclaw, Ochs, Piland, Reynolds and Stump.

The starting lineup for NC State was: J. Kenneth Stephens (left end), C. T. Isaacs (left tackle), John Stanko (left guard), Steve Sabol (center), Barnes Worth (right guard), Cliff Daugherty (right tackle), Raymond Redding (right end), L. H. McCulley (quarterback), Jack Gattis (left halfback), Howard Bardes (right halfback), Ray Rex (fullback). The substitutes were: C. E. Bernhardt, Dom Cara, W. J. Dusty, A. J. Edwards, Vincent Farrar, N. H. Hayden, Herbert Kirschner, Roger Mass, Roscoe Roy and Joseph Ryneska.

VPI's 1934homecoming game was a victory over rivalVirginia.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Fittro (left end), Banks (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), Ochs (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Reynolds (right end), Holsclaw (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Smith (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Botnick, Daily, Howard, Ingles, Ottaway, Piland, Russell, Shafer, Sodaro, Spruill and Stowe.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: Wier Tucker (left end), Edward Andrews (left tackle), William Zimmer (left guard), Horace Hallett (center), Peyton Hoge (right guard), Leonard Trell (right tackle), Cullen Wilkin (right end), Thomas Johnson (quarterback), Vincent Cardwell (left halfback), Griffith Dodson (right halfback), Spencer Berger (fullback). The substitutes were: Andrew Conner, Philip Fryberger, Randolph Garnett, Sanford Haskell, Kenneth Morton, Willard Quarles, Gordon Regan and George Seibels.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Reynolds (left end), Banks (left tackle), Copenhaver (left guard), Jones (center), Ochs (right guard), Dodge (right tackle), Fittro (right end), Smith (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Russell (right halfback), Dickerson (fullback). The substitutes were: Botnick, Daily, Holsclaw, Howard, Ingles, Ottaway, Piland, Rankin, Shafer, Sodaro and Spruill.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Charles Hancock (left end), Russ Coleman (left tackle), John Burgess (left guard), Jack Zimmerman (center), James Farley (right guard), Harry Hightower (right tackle), Morris Haas (right end), Bo McMillin (quarterback), Wayt Clark (left halfback), Tucker Watkins (right halfback), Dick Dodson (fullback). The substitutes were: Maxie Bair, John Childress, David Kane, Bill Oglesby, John Penn and Archie Witt.

In December 1934, the VPI players chose Louis Fittro as captain of the1935 VPI Gobblers football team.^[26]

Twenty players receivedvarsity letters for their participation on the 1934 VPI team.^[27]

• Head coach:Henry Redd
• Manager: B. D. Spangler
• Freshman coaches
  • Freshman head coach:Herbert McEver
  • Assistant freshman coach:Sumner D. Tilson
  • Assistant freshman coach: W. B. Porterfield

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