1899 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1899 VPI football Independent 4–1 James Morrison 1st W. F. Cox Sheib Field The 1899 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1899 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Morrison and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1). Schedule October 7 w St. Albans Lutheran Boys School Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA 21–0 St. Albans School https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18991008.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times October 7, 1899 2 October 15, 2017 October 21 w y Tennessee Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN 5–0 200 Blacksburg 5, Tennessee 0 https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18991022.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times October 22, 1899 2 October 15, 2017https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81073314/u-of-t-eleven-lost-to-the-blacksburg-tea/ The Journal and Tribune U of T eleven lost to the Blacksburg team October 22, 1899 July 8, 2021 Newspapers.com November 11 l y Virginia Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 0–28 Varsity Defeats the Polytechnics https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18991112.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times November 12, 1899 2 October 15, 2017Virginia 28, Blacksburg 0 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=CD18991118.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia College Topics November 18, 1899 1 February 27, 2024 November 18 w y 1899 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Athletic Park Roanoke, VA 45–0 Football Yesterday https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT18991119.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times November 19, 1899 4 February 17, 2022 November 30 w y 1899 Washington and Lee Generals Washington and Lee Roanoke, VA 35–0 2,500 W.L.U. 0, V.P.I. 35 https://repository.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27403/RG39_RTP_18991202.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi December 2, 1899 1 February 1, 2016The Roanoke Game https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RD18991201.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Richmond Dispatch December 1, 1899 5 February 17, 2022Football Yesterday https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT18991201.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times December 1, 1899 4 February 17, 2022 Game summaries St. Albans VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Sheib Field. Tennessee 1899 Tennessee Volunteers football team After their victory over St. Albans, VPI played the University of Tennessee at Baldwin Park in Knoxville, Tennessee. Cancelled Second game against St. Albans A second game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on November 4, 1899 in Radford, Virginia, but it was cancelled due to "an injury to a St. Albans man."No V.P.I.-St. Albans Game https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18991105.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times November 5, 1899 2 October 15, 2017 Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 0 12 16 November 11, 1899 Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA Eskridge 1899 Virginia Orange and Blue football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bean. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Robert Taylor (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Malcolm Griffin (left guard), Paul Norfleet (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), George Henderson (right tackle), H. T. Summersgill (right end), David Lyman (quarterback), Harry Gerstle (left halfback), Albert Mallory (right halfback), Robert Coleman (fullback). The substitutes were: Julian Byrd, Burnley Lankford, Charles McGill, Brodie Nalle and Stuart. Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 0 27 18 November 18, 1899 Athletic ParkRoanoke, VA Montgomery The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Heckel (left end), McClintie (left tackle), R. C. Patterson (left guard), Buck (center), J. W. Moss (right guard), Lemon (right tackle), C. Bear (right end), Spencer (quarterback), J. W. Hall (left halfback), Wilson (right halfback), J. A. Bear (fullback). Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 0 28 7 November 30, 1899 Roanoke, VA 3:30 p.m. 2,500 Morrow The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: T. Bledsoe (left end), McNeill (left tackle), Holmes (left guard), Allen (center), Harrison (right guard), Moore (right tackle), McPheters (right end), E. Bledsoe (quarterback), Jenkins (left halfback), Guion (right halfback), Booker (fullback). The substitutes were: Sloan. Players The following players were members of the 1899 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1903 1903 131 2015-11-06 VPI 1899 rosterQuarterback Kit DeCamps Guards Robert William Carper William Choice Tackles W. F. Cox (Capt.) Hub McCormick Center R. W. MontgomeryEnds Lindsay Louin Jewell Harold Benjamin Lewis Halfbacks William Frazier Bell Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard Fullback Hunter CarpenterSubstitutes John Newton Ashton Wyndham Randolph Bean William Leonard Blair Samuel Guy Bralley McCulloch William Stuart Moffett Joseph Clyde Steele Albert Y. Wootten Coaching and training staff Head coach: James Morrison Manager: George W. Hutchinson References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI football