1907 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1907 VPI football Independent 7–2 Bob Williams 1st Charles Edward Diffendal Gibboney Field The 1907 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1907 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob Williams and finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2). Schedule October 5 w 1907 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 33–0 Yi! Yi! V.P.I.! Sis, Boom! O My! https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19071006.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 6, 1907 1 February 18, 2022 October 12 w 1907 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 18–0 Hampden-Sidney Shut Out https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-10-13/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 13, 1907 13 December 10, 2022 October 19 w y 1907 Washington and Lee Generals Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA 5–0 1,400 Punting Gives V.P.I. Victory Over W. & L. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-10-20/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 20, 1907 9 December 10, 2022Hard Fought Game at Lynchburg https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27632/RG39_RTP_19071026.pdf Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 26, 1907 1 August 13, 2022 October 26 3:37 p.m. l y Davidson Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 5–12 1,500 Davidson Beats Virginia Techs https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038615/1907-10-27/ed-1/?sp=11&st=image Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 27, 1907 11 June 23, 2024Davidson 12, Polytechnics 5 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19071027.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 27, 1907 1 February 18, 2022 November 4 3:30 p.m. w y Georgetown Broad Street Park Richmond, VA 20–0 1,000 Blacksburg Boys Meet Georgetown https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-02/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 2, 1907 5 December 10, 2022Georgetown-Tech Game For Monday https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-03/ed-1/seq-39/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 3, 1907 39 December 10, 2022Georgetown Easy For Blacksburg https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-05/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 5, 1907 7 December 10, 2022 November 9 3:00 p.m. w y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 22–0 2,500–3,000 Blacksburg Boys Defeat V.M.I. Team https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-10/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 10, 1907 5 December 10, 2022Blacksburg 22, V.M.I. Nothing https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19071110.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times November 10, 1907 1 February 18, 2022V.P.I. 22; V.M.I. 0 https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/401/rec/1 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet November 12, 1907 1 February 22, 2022 November 16 w George Washington Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 34–0 Va. Tech Beats Geo. Washington https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-17/ed-1/seq-9/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 17, 1907 9 December 10, 2022https://archive.org/details/gwu_hatchet_19071120/mode/2up The University Hatchet Expected happens, defeated by V.P.I. November 20, 1907 February 13, 2021 Internet Archivehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/70485350/hatchetites-game-although-cripples/ The Washington Times Hatchetites game, although crippled, bested by V.P.I. November 17, 1907 February 13, 2021 Newspapers.com November 23 l y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 0–12 Virginia Techs Make Fine Show https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-37/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 24, 1907 37 December 10, 2022Navy Shuts Out Tech https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress The Washington Herald November 24, 1907 8 December 10, 2022Navy Defeats V. P. I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-12/ Library of Congress New-York Tribune November 24, 1907 12 December 10, 2022Hopeful, Not Confident https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-55/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 24, 1907 55 December 10, 2022 November 28 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina Broad Street Park Richmond, VA 20–6 6,000–7,000 Virginia Polytechnic Team vs. North Carolina, Thursday https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-24/ed-1/seq-37/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 24, 1907 37 December 10, 2022Virginia Techs Defeat North Carolina Team https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-11-29/ed-1/seq-10/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 29, 1907 10 December 10, 2022The Techs Win The Game https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1907-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel November 29, 1907 1 February 21, 2022 Before the season The 1906 VPI football team compiled a 5–2–2 record and were led by Sally Miles in his second season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 0 5 28 October 5, 1907 Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA Sally Miles VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Gibboney Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), H. Jones (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Breckenridge (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), W. Jones (right halfback), B. Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Alder, Billups, Brown, Cooper, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks, V. Hodgson, James, J. Jones, Lane, Pritchard, Sheppard, Watkins and Wilkinson. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Gochenhouer (left end), Engleby (left tackle), Morton (left guard), Sayers (center), Carpenter (right guard), Price (right tackle), Fray (right end), Bowers (quarterback), Grewbill (left halfback), Taney (right halfback), Kelly (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson and Schreckhiser. Hampden–Sydney After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Gibboney Field. Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 0 5 0 October 19, 1907 Lynchburg, VA 1,400 Jack Gass The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Varner (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), W. Jones (left halfback), Luttrell (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Hiram Dow (left end), H. M. White (left tackle), William Pipes (left guard), James Larrick (center), Richard Morales (right guard), Cleon Osbourn (right tackle), Roland Waddill (right end), L. W. Wilson (quarterback), C. W. Streit (left halfback), Edward Brown (right halfback), Edwin Alderson (fullback). The substitutes were: Henry Smartt. Davidson Davidson vs. VPI Davidson VPI 6 6 5 0 October 26, 1907 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:37 p.m. 1,500 Jack Gass 1907 Davidson football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Varner (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), V. Hodgson (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Billups, Brown, Cooper, Evans, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks and W. Jones. The starting lineup for Davidson was: DeWitt Kluttz (left end), W. R. Moore (left tackle), John Axford (left guard), Norman B. Edgerton (center), Daniels (right guard), LeRoy Dunn (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Elliott (quarterback), Clarence Clark (left halfback), Robert Denny (right halfback), William Morton (fullback). The substitutes were: John James and Tom Warlick. Georgetown Georgetown vs. VPI Georgetown VPI 0 0 5 15 November 4, 1907 Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA 3:30 p.m. 1,000 Jack Gass 1907 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), B. Smith (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), V. Hodgson (right halfback), Diffendal (fullback). The substitutes were: Billups, Cooper, Gravely and Hicks. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Gerhard Simon (left end), Murray (left tackle), W. G. Todd (left guard), Larry Cullen (center), Eddie Scott (right guard), Herb Munhall (right tackle), Eddie Miller (right end), Jim Cohen (quarterback), E. T. Thompson (left halfback), Edmund Fitzgerald (right halfback), George Dutcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Tom Stewart. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 4 18 November 9, 1907 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 2,500–3,000 "ideal" Jack Gass 1907 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), McMillan (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), Gravely (fullback). The substitutes were: Breckenridge, Cooper, Diffendal, V. Hodgson and B. Smith. The starting lineup for VMI was: William Poague (left end), John Fray (left tackle), Henry Poague (left guard), Edward Hancock (center), George Wickham (right guard), William Biedler (right tackle), George Ward (right end), John Doyle (quarterback), Robert Massie (left halfback), Porter (right halfback), George MacLean (fullback). The substitutes were: George Alexander, Richard Clemmer, R. Davant, Donald McMillen, John Minton and H. Pattison. George Washington George Washington vs. VPI GW VPI 0 0 24 10 November 16, 1907 Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA "ideal" Baird 1907 George Washington Hatchetites football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Cooper (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The starting lineup for George Washington was: James Gunning (left end), John Whitehead (left tackle), Royal Alston (left guard), John Baker (center), Patrick Holmes (right guard), Walter Sommers (right tackle), John Brooks (right end), Harry Pearce (quarterback), Edgar Hough (left halfback), Tullas (right halfback), Aubrey Witten (fullback). The substitutes were: Coudon, Phillip Hooten, William Kemeys and Herbert White. Navy VPI at Navy VPI Navy 0 0 6 6 November 23, 1907 Worden FieldAnnapolis, MD Rain Whiting (Cornell) 1907 Navy Midshipmen football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Cooper (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Alder, Gravely, Sheppard and B. Smith. The starting lineup for Navy was: Max Demott (left end), Percy Northcroft (left tackle), Frederick Reinicke (left guard), Charles Brand (center), Percy Wright (right guard), Frank Leighton (right tackle), Bill Dague (right end), Ed Lange (quarterback), A. H. Douglas (left halfback), Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider (right halfback), Raymond Jones (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Burd, Gates, Cary Magruder, Nason, W. A. Richardson, Robertson, Karl Smith, Stoer, Straus and David Stuart. North Carolina North Carolina vs. VPI UNC VPI 0 6 8 12 November 28, 1907 Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA 3:00 p.m. 6,000–7,000 Jack Gass 1907 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), B. Smith (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Cooper, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks, H. G. Jones, J. Jones and Varner. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: James Wiggins (left end), Cecil Garrett (left tackle), Earle Thompson (left guard), Raymond Parker (center), Robert Howell (right guard), Archie Deans (right tackle), William Thomas (right end), Joseph Mann (quarterback), Lucius Dunlap (left halfback), Thomas McNeill (right halfback), James Crosswell (fullback). The substitutes were: Harris and John Manning. Players The following players were members of the 1907 football team according to the roster published in the 1908 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1908/1908_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1908 1908 169 2015-11-17 VPI 1907 rosterQuarterback Edgar Seymour Sheppard Guards John Breckenridge Hoss Hodgson Tackles Charles Edward Diffendal (Capt.) Russell Wilmer Smith Center Allen Burnley Johnson Ends Paul Phillippi Huffard Bernard Lewis SmithHalfbacks Henry Evans Billups Joseph Talmage Luttrell Fullback Vivian Burnett Hodgson Substitutes Albert Garland Alder Brown Joseph Harvey Cooper Evans Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs William Seymour Gravely Thomas Paret Hicks James Harry Guilford Jones John Porter Jones W. Jones Harry Martin Lane McMillan Pritchard Harry Varner Watkins Wilkerson Wilson Coaching and training staff Head coach: Bob Williams Manager: Philip Haxall Noland Assistant manager: Jacob Lauer Baum References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI football