1914 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1914 VPI Gobblers football 1914 VPI Gobblers football team.png 285 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 6–2–1 1–1 Branch Bocock 5th Millard Fillmore Peake Miles Field The 1914 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1914 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1). Schedule September 26 w y 1914 King Tornado King Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 35–0 V.P.I. Scores 35 Points https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-09-27/ed-1/seq-16/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch September 27, 1914 16 February 4, 2022 October 3 w y 1914 Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets Randolph–Macon Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 13–0 Slow Game Won By Randolph-Macon https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-10-04/ed-1/seq-17/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 4, 1914 17 February 4, 2022 October 10 w y 1914 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 22–0 Virginia Polytechnic Trims Hampden-Sidney https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-10-11/ed-1/seq-15/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 11, 1914 15 February 4, 2022Hampden Sidney Makes Showing Against Techs https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1914-10-11/ed-1/seq-15/ Library of Congress The Richmond Virginian October 11, 1914 15 February 4, 2022 October 17 l y y 1914 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats West Virginia Wesleyan Charleston, WV 0–13 Virginia Polytechnic Defeated By Wesleyan https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-10-19/ed-1/seq-4/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 19, 1914 4 February 4, 2022 October 24 t y 1914 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 7–7 Roanoke College Holds V.P.I. To 7-To-7 Score https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-10-25/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 25, 1914 13 February 4, 2022Roanoke Holds Tech Eleven to 7-7 Score https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1914-10-25/ed-1/seq-16/ Library of Congress The Richmond Virginian October 25, 1914 16 February 4, 2022Roanoke Boys Give V. P. I. Cadets A Jolt https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=STRS19141029.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Salem Times-Register and Sentinel October 29, 1914 5 December 9, 2022 October 31 3:00 p.m. l y Washington and Lee Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 6–7 5,000 College Athletes Take The Town for One Today http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141031.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- Library of Virginia The World News October 31, 1914 1 December 6, 2015V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-11-01/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 1, 1914 13 February 4, 2022 November 7 w y Marshall Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 54–6 V.P.I. Plays Rings Around Marshall College Eleven https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1914-11-08/ed-1/seq-22/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 8, 1914 22 February 7, 2022V. P. I. Defeats Marshall Squad https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19141109.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World-News November 9, 1914 10 December 9, 2022 November 14 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina A&M Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 3–0 400 Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141114.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- Library of Virginia The World News November 14, 1914 1 December 6, 2015V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1914-11-15/ed-1/seq-15/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 15, 1914 15 February 7, 2022 November 26 3:00 p.m. w y y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 3–0 5,000-7,000 Brilliant Scene Promised When V.M.I. Meets V.P.I. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141126.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- Library of Virginia The World News November 26, 1914 1 December 6, 2015V.P.I Victor Over U. M. I. on a Drop Kick http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141127.1.8&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- Library of Virginia The World News November 27, 1914 8 December 6, 2015Dick Harvey's Toe Wins For V.P.I. Team https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1914-11-27/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 27, 1914 8 February 7, 2022Varsity Loses To V.P.I. https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/1576/rec/1 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet November 28, 1914 1 February 22, 2022 Before the season The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7–1–1 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his fourth season as head coach. Game summaries King VPI's first game of the season was a victory over King at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Whitehead (left tackle), Montague (left guard), Savage (center), Benedict (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Peake (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Engleby, Harvey, Henderson, Macon, Moore, Robertson, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd. The starting lineup for King was: George King (left end), Smith (left tackle), Newland (left guard), Wood (center), Graham (right guard), Kincaid (right tackle), Lee (right end), Burrows (quarterback), Caldwell (left halfback), Fain (right halfback), Davidson (fullback). Randolph–Macon After their victory over King, VPI played Randolph–Macon College at Miles Field. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 October 10, 1914 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), Oppenheimer (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Savage, Somerville, Taylor, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: P. C. Adams (left end), Robert Guthrie (left tackle), Robert Warwick (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), R. B. Thompson (right guard), John Shackelford (right tackle), Frank Massie (right end), Walter Thurman (quarterback), A. B. Driver (left halfback), Peyton Palmore (right halfback), Perkins (fullback). West Virginia Wesleyan The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Oppenheimer (left guard), Savage (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Powell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Gregory, Macon, Montague, Rives and Somerville. The starting lineup for West Virginia Wesleyan was: W. Guy Morrison (left end), Herbert Withers (left tackle), Everett Morgan (left guard), William Singleton (center), Harry Vance (right guard), John Kellison (right tackle), James Heavener (right end), Harry Stansbury (quarterback), O. Shumaker (left halfback), R. Worth Shumaker (right halfback), William Jacobs (fullback). The substitutes were: Charles Allen and Bobbitt. Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 October 24, 1914 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA "slippery" Miles The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Moore (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Huddle (fullback). The substitutes were: Cottrell, Engleby, Harvey, Macon, Perry, Rives, Sanders, Somerville and Vaughan-Lloyd. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Harman (left end), S. L. Bonham (left tackle), Roe (left guard), O'Flaherty (center), Kellenger (right guard), R. H. Duncan (right tackle), Harman (right end), Douglas Bunting (quarterback), Hoffman (left halfback), Krieger (right halfback), J. H. Bonham (fullback). Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 October 31, 1914 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 5,000 Jack Gass 1914 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Caffee (left tackle), Cottrell (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Vaughan-Lloyd (right end), Peake (quarterback), Macon (left halfback), Huddle (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Engleby, Funkhouser, Graves, Gregory, Oppenheimer and Rives. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: I. R. Simms (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), B. D. Bryan (left guard), Al Pierotti (center), F. B. Scarry (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), John Harrison (right end), John Gallagher (quarterback), Harry "Cy" Young (left halfback), Fred Sweetland (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: F. M. Dingwall, Edward Donahue, Joseph Milner and William Smith. Marshall 1914 Marshall Thundering Herd football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Tyree (right end), Terry (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell, Cottrell, Dixon, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Hill, Huddle, Logan, Macon, Oppenheimer, Rives, Vaughan-Lloyd and Williams. The starting lineup for Marshall was: Yeater (left end), Lee Bonar (left tackle), William "Benny" Shepherd (left guard), Jesse Callahan (center), Andrew Groves (right guard), Clinton Ramsey (right tackle), William Miller (right end), William Nagle (quarterback), Edgar Reeser (left halfback), William Cundiff (right halfback), Everett Lawrence (fullback). North Carolina A&M North Carolina A&M vs. VPI NC A&M VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 November 14, 1914 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 400 "soaking rain" Jack Gass 1914 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), A. P. Moore (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Henderson (center), A. B. Moore (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Macon (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Harvey, Oppenheimer and Terry. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: J. E. McDougall (left end), Herman Winston (left tackle), Charles Proffitt (left guard), R. A. Plyler (center), R. C. Young (right guard), C. C. Cooke (right tackle), Clem Seifert (right end), C. E. Van Brocklin (quarterback), Wallace Riddick (left halfback), W.F. Townsend (right halfback), P. G. Tenney (fullback). The substitutes were: J. V. Champion and N. S. Sharp. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 November 26, 1914 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 5,000-7,000 "ideal" Land (Navy) 1914 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Rives and Terry. The starting lineup for VMI was: Thomas Arms (left end), John Pitts (left tackle), Vernon Somers (left guard), Oscar Beasley (center), Claude Cammer (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Nathaniel Massie (right end), James Nelms (quarterback), Andrew Holderby (left halfback), James Bain (right halfback), Laurence Oakes (fullback). The substitutes were: Carlos Fetterolf, Mose Goodman, Sterling Heflin, Winfred Kidd, Peyton Marshall and William Speed. Players The following players were members of the 1914 football team according to the roster published in the 1915 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1915/1915_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1915 1915 201 2015-12-06 VPI 1914 rosterQuarterback Millard Fillmore Peake (Capt.) Guards Arthur Penick Moore George Ellsworth Treakle Tackles Loyal Clark Benedict John Staub Caffee Centers Robert Ashby Henderson James Lewis MontagueEnds James Atkins Gregory James Franklin Powell Thomas McDowell Rives Franklin Minor Taylor Nathan Louis Tyree Halfbacks Vincent Bargmant Dixon Edward Kramer Funkhouser David Nicholas Huddle Fullback William Frederick SandersSubstitutes Paxton Stuart Campbell Benjamin Cottrell Roland Legard Davis Frank Allison Engleby Richard Harvey S. L. Huffman Edward Vaughan-Lloyd Charles Lewter Logan David Conway Macon Arthur Blakie Moore Otto Phelps Oppenheimer George Selben Somerville Arthur Palfrey Terry Samuel Jack Williams Coaching and training staff Head coach: Branch Bocock Manager: Clifford A. Cutchins References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football