1912 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1912 VPI Gobblers football 1912 Virginia Polytechnic Institute football team.png 285 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 5–4 1–2 Branch Bocock 3rd William Henry Burruss Miles Field 1911 The 1912 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1912 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). Schedule September 28 w y 1912 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 40–0 Techs Smother Roanoke Lads https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-09-29/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch September 29, 1912 7 March 12, 2022V.P.I. Defeats Roanoke College https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TVN19120930.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Evening News September 30, 1912 12 March 12, 2022 October 5 w y 1912 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 42–7 W.R. Legge Stars in Scrappy Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-10-06/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 6, 1912 7 March 16, 2022 October 12 3:00 p.m. l y y Princeton University Field Princeton, NJ 0–31 Varsity Wins Fourth Successive Victory https://theprince.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19121014-01.2.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Princeton University The Daily Princetonian October 14, 1912 1 February 22, 2022Princeton Makes Rival Line Look Like Paper https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1912-10-13/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress The Sun October 13, 1912 18 March 16, 2022 October 19 w y 1912 Western Maryland Green Terror Western Maryland Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 44–0 Maryland Team Easy For Techs https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-10-20/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 20, 1912 7 March 16, 2022 October 26 w y North Carolina State Fair Grounds Raleigh, NC 26–0 2,000 Virginia Techs Spring Surprise https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-10-27/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 27, 1912 7 March 16, 2022V.P.I. Overwhelms Varsity In Raleigh https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1912-10-30/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel October 30, 1912 1 February 21, 2022 November 2 l y Medical College of Virginia Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 0–10 Medical College of Virginia Downs V.P.I. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NEL19121104.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Richmond News Leader November 4, 1912 7 March 16, 2022Medical College Defeats V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-11-03/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 3, 1912 7 March 16, 2022 November 9 3:00 p.m. l y Washington and Lee Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 6–20 3,500 V.P.I. and W. & L. in Battle Royal Today https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TVN19121109.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Evening News November 9, 1912 1 March 16, 2022V.P.I., 6; W. & L., 20 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27768/RG39_RTP_19121112.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Washington and Lee University Ring-tum Phi November 12, 1912 1 March 16, 2022Revenge For W&L https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1912-11-10/ed-1/seq-58/ Library of Congress Evening Star November 10, 1912 58 March 16, 2022Lexington Lads Humble Techs By Score 20 To 6 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-11-10/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 10, 1912 7 March 17, 2022 November 16 w y West Virginia Miles Field Blacksburg, VA rivalry 41–0 West Virginia Loses To V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-11-17/ed-1/seq-12/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 17, 1912 12 March 17, 2022 November 28 l y Georgetown Georgetown Field Washington, DC 3–24 Techs Play Well, But Lose Game To Georgetown https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1912-11-29/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 29, 1912 5 March 17, 2022Georgetown Vanquishes V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1912-11-29/ed-1/seq-10/ Library of Congress The Washington Herald November 29, 1912 10 March 16, 2022Costello Again Excels https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1912-11-29/ed-1/seq-10/ Library of Congress The Sun November 29, 1912 10 March 16, 2022 Before the season The 1911 VPI football team compiled a 6–1–2 record and were led by Lew Riess in his only season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Pick (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Evans (center), Whitney (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Legge (quarterback), Vawter (left halfback), Magill (right halfback), Rogers (fullback). The substitutes were: Saunders and Schultz. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Goodnight (left end), Hoeletz (left tackle), Bawker (left guard), Reitzel (center), Harr (right guard), Barnhardt (right tackle), Doeb (right end), Harmon (quarterback), Bevlin (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Kime (fullback). Hampden–Sydney After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Evans (center), Whitney (right guard), Pick (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Legge (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Parrish (right halfback), Magill (fullback). The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: G. W. Jones (left end), Robert Guthrie (left tackle), John Moore (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), S. B. Forbus (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), Frank Ebel (right end), Alexander Carrington (quarterback), Bernard Driver (left halfback), Carroll McClung (right halfback), Donald Corke (fullback). Princeton VPI at Princeton VPI Princeton 0 0 0 0 14 7 10 0 October 12, 1912 University FieldPrinceton, NJ 3:00 p.m. Crowell (Swarthmore) 1912 Princeton Tigers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Hughes (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Anderson (left guard), Evans (center), Breckenridge (right guard), Pick (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Legge (quarterback), Saunders (left halfback), Hodgson (right halfback), Parrish (fullback). The substitutes were: Moore. The starting lineup for Princeton was: Andrews (left end), Phillips (left tackle), Wilber "Rip" Shenk (left guard), Arthur Bluethenthal (center), William John Logan (right guard), Edward Trenkmann (right tackle), F. Trenkman (right end), S. Baker (quarterback), Talbot Pendleton (left halfback), E. Waller (right halfback), Wallace "Butch" DeWitt (fullback). The substitutes were: Hobey Baker, Harold Ballin, Doolittle, Emmons, Longstrieth, Wilder Penfield, Bradley Streit, I. Swart, W. Swart, H. Waller, Wight. Western Maryland The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Evans (center), Lefebre (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Legge (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Hughes (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Magill (fullback). The starting lineup for Western Maryland was: William Hook (left end), Pritchett (left tackle), M. Twigg (left guard), William Husung (center), Leon Cooper (right guard), John Billingslea (right tackle), Edward Weaver (right end), Frank Bowers (quarterback), Julian Numbers (left halfback), Warren Taylor (right halfback), Twigg (fullback). North Carolina 1912 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Evans (center), Lefebre (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Hughes (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Vawter (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Mackan, Magill, Pick, Rogers and Whitehead. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Foust (left end), Lonnie Abernethy (left tackle), John Johnson (left guard), Jones (center), Olin Jennings (right guard), Ralph Stevens (right tackle), Long (right end), William Tillett (quarterback), William Wakeley (left halfback), Charles Moore (right halfback), Richard Abernethy (fullback). The substitutes were: Blake Applewhite, Bagwell, Gaston Dortch, Erwin, William Huske and Robert Strange. Medical College of Virginia Medical College of Virginia vs. VPI MCV VPI 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 November 2, 1912 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Sampson The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Evans (center), Lefebre (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Mackan (right end), Hodgson (quarterback), Anderson (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Legge (fullback). The starting lineup for Medical College of Virginia was: Foster (left end), James Walker (left tackle), Raymond Brockwell (left guard), John Cofer (center), Norman Roblee (right guard), Hedgepeth (right tackle), Arnold (right end), George Schenck (quarterback), Johns (left halfback), Elder (right halfback), Hardy (fullback). Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 3 0 7 10 6 0 0 0 November 9, 1912 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 3,500 Jack Gass 1912 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Hughes (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Schultz (center), Lefebre (right guard), Pick (right tackle), Magill (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Vawter (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Evans, Hodgson, Taylor and Whitehead. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: J. P. Hieatt (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), James Miller (left guard), Carl Moore (center), Paul Rogers (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), Kelly Francis (right end), W. C. Raftery (quarterback), Walter Terry (left halfback), Edmond Burk (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: Henry Barker, M. S. Barrow, David Bone, Carson, Edward Donahue, Edmonds, W. H. Neblett, Henry Peeples, James Rothrock, Mark Stewart and W. R. Walton. West Virginia 1912 West Virginia Mountaineers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Magill (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Evans (center), Lefebre (right guard), Pick (right tackle), Whitehead (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Hughes (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Hodgson (fullback). The starting lineup for West Virginia was: Harrison (left end), Robinson (left tackle), Melville Boyles (left guard), Davis (center), Truman Martin (right guard), Musgrove (right tackle), Lackman (right end), Wilkerson (quarterback), Carden (left halfback), Race (right halfback), Carl Bachmann (fullback). Georgetown VPI at Georgetown VPI Georgetown 0 0 3 0 0 10 7 7 November 28, 1912 Georgetown FieldWashington, DC Jack Gass 1912 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Magill (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Evans (center), Pick (right guard), Whitehead (right tackle), Huddle (right end), Rogers (quarterback), Hodgson (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Vawter (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Hughes, Mackan, Magill, Parrish, Peake, Saunders, Schultz and Taylor. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Charles Bergen (left end), Jack Hegarty (left tackle), Eddie Mullaney (left guard), Marvin Ritch (center), Tom Moriarty (right guard), David White (right tackle), Bill Martin (right end), Harry Costello (quarterback), Harry Kelly (left halfback), James Fury (right halfback), Jim Dunn (fullback). The substitutes were: Earl Campazzi, Sam Foley, Ed Heiskell, John Petritz and George Van Duyne. Players The following players were members of the 1912 football team according to the roster published in the 1913 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1913/1913_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1913 1913 154 2015-12-06 VPI 1912 rosterQuarterback James Booth Rogers Guards Gordon Lefebre Arthur Penick Moore Lewis A. Pick Tackles William Henry Burruss (Capt.) Werner Joseph Schultz Thomas M. Whitehead Center Peyton EvansEnds Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson Houston Boyd Hughes C. B. Mackan Halfbacks Withrow Reynolds Legge Orrin Rankin Magill David Walker Parrish Fullback John Rudisil VawterSubstitutes Anderson Breckenridge Huddle Peake Sanders Franklin Minor Taylor Whitney Coaching and training staff Head coach: Branch Bocock Manager: Charles Montgomery Hobart References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football