1919 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1919 VPI Gobblers football South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 5–4 2–4 Charles Bernier 3rd James Thomas Hardwick Henry Redd Miles Field The 1919 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1919 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4). Schedule Eastern October 4 w y 1919 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 13–0 Tech Downs Tigers, 13-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-10-05/ed-1/seq-20/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 5, 1919 20 February 11, 2022Virginia Tech Downs Hampden-Sydney 13 to 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1919-10-05/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress Richmond Virginian October 5, 1919 7 February 11, 2022 October 11 w Richmond Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 21–0 Tech Given Hard Fight https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-10-12/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 12, 1919 18 February 11, 2022 October 18 l y Georgetown Georgetown Field Washington, DC 7–33 Back Field Proved Weak https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-10-19/ed-1/seq-19/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 19, 1919 19 February 11, 2022Dougher Louis Georgetown Team Wins From V.P.I. Grid Lads https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-10-19/ed-1/seq-21/ Library of Congress The Washington Times October 19, 1919 21 February 11, 2022 October 25 w y Maryland State Union League Park Washington, DC 6–0 Forward Pass Beats State https://digital.lib.umd.edu/result/id/0e3692f3-9a7c-410a-9239-0d50687ba3f1 University of Maryland Maryland State Review October 30, 1919 1 September 22, 2024V.P.I. Wins Contest https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-10-26/ed-1/seq-19/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 26, 1919 19 February 11, 2022Tech Victor Over Maryland By 7-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1919-10-26/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Virginian October 26, 1919 5 February 11, 2022Maryland State Beaten By V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1919-10-26/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress Evening Star October 26, 1919 30 February 25, 2022 November 1 l y Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA 0–3 4,000-5,000 V.P.I. Is Downed by W. & L. Eleven https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1919-11-02/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Virginian November 2, 1919 5 February 11, 2022Generals Nose Out Victory Over Tech https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19191103.1.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 3, 1919 18 February 25, 2022 November 8 w y Wake Forest Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 40–0 V.P.I. Walks All Over Wake Forest https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90052005/1919-11-09/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress The Richmond Virginian November 9, 1919 8 February 15, 2022Virginia Poly Beat Baptists https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068256/1919-11-09/ed-1/seq-16/ North Carolina Digital Heritage Center The Charlotte News November 9, 1919 16 February 25, 2022Wake Forest Loses To Virginia Techs https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/3793 Wake Forest University Old Gold & Black November 14, 1919 1 February 27, 2022 November 15 3:00 p.m. l y NC State League Park Norfolk, VA 0–3 4,000-4,500 V.P.I. Licked By 3 Points https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-11-16/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 16, 1919 18 February 15, 2022State Defeated Virginia Polys https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068256/1919-11-16/ed-1/seq-12/ North Carolina Digital Heritage Center The Charlotte News November 16, 1919 12 February 25, 2022 November 22 w y 1919 Emory and Henry Wasps Emory and Henry Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 99–0 V.P.I. Wins Easily, 99-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1919-11-23/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 23, 1919 18 February 15, 2022 November 27 3:00 p.m. l y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 0–13 6,584 Record-Breaking Crowd Expected Today at the V.P.I.-V.M.I. Contest https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19191127.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 27, 1919 1 February 25, 2022Greene Samuel V.M.I. Wins Victory in a Brilliant Game With Tech Warriors https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19191128.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 28, 1919 9 February 25, 2022 Before the season The 1918 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7–0 record and were led by Charles A. Bernier in his second season as head coach. Game summaries Hampden–Sydney HS VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 October 4 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Ernest Sampson (St. Albans) VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Hampden–Sydney at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), Parrish (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Davis (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, H. Hardwick, Kornegay, Lancaster, McCann, Pierce and Rice. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Maurice Lancaster (left end), J. A. Martin (left tackle), J. W. Hogshead (left guard), F. Hogshead (center), Philip Adams (right guard), Ernest Herzig (right tackle), Robert Warren (right end), J. A. Jones (quarterback), B. H. Smith (left halfback), Hill (right halfback), T. K. Menefee (fullback). The substitutes were: W. O. Day, George Lyle, A. C. Paulett and W. B. Rogan. Richmond RU VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 October 11 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Hampton (St. Albans) 1919 Richmond Spiders football team After their victory over Hampden–Sydney, VPI played Richmond College at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), Parrish (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Washington (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Lancaster (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Davis, Farmer, H. Hardwick, Hutcheson, Kornegay, McCann, Pierce, Rice and Shepherd. The starting lineup for Richmond was: W. Richard Broaddus (left end), Harry Carter (left tackle), Claiborne Thompson (left guard), Gates Kidd (center), Robert Price (right guard), Albert Klevesahl (right tackle), Hubel Robins (right end), Waverly Jones (quarterback), E. Hobson Snead (left halfback), Alexander Blankingship (right halfback), James Lane (fullback). The substitutes were: Clyde Shepherd, Thurman Towill and William Ziegler. Georgetown VPI GU 0 0 0 7 13 7 0 13 October 18 Georgetown FieldWashington, DC Battersby (Swarthmore) 1919 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Davis (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Kornegay, Lancaster, Pierce, Rice and Shepherd. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Harry Sullivan (left end), Dan Ahern (left tackle), William Dudack (left guard), Carl Wirts (center), Thomas Sullivan (right guard), Metzger Smeach (right tackle), William C. Kenyon (right end), Jackie Maloney (quarterback), Joseph Leighty (left halfback), Johnny McQuade (right halfback), Harold Livers (fullback). The substitutes were: Alec Anderson, Frank Buckley, Rudy Comstock, Davis, Paul Etzel, Farrell, William Gargan, Jack Haley, Al Leary, Thomas Lonergan, William Moran, Joseph O'Connell, John Sullivan, James Sweeney, John Thornton, Spencer Wise and Andy Zazelli. Maryland State VPI MSC 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 October 25 Union League ParkWashington, DC Morse (Clarkson Tech) 1919 Maryland State Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Pierce (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), McConkey (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), McCann (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Chapman, Farmer, Kornegay and Tilson. The starting lineup for Maryland State was: Geary Eppley (left end), Andy Nisbet (left tackle), Sam Edel (left guard), Dutch Myers (center), Jerry Sullivan (right guard), Roy Mackert (right tackle), M. Talbot Riggs (right end), Ray Knode (quarterback), Lester Bosley (left halfback), W. L. Barall (right halfback), Alexander McDonald (fullback). The substitutes were: Caleb Bailey, Herbert Gilbert, John Groves, John Moore and Romeo Pagnucci. Washington and Lee W&L VPI 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 November 1 Lynchburg, VA 4,000-5,000 Paul Magoffin 1919 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Parrish (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Chapman, McCann, Pierce, Tilson and Washington. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: O. R. Daves (left end), Lindsay Moore (left tackle), Richard Sanford (left guard), F. M. Paget (center), Edward Bailey (right guard), Turner Bethel (right tackle), John Corbett (right end), Marcus Cogbill (quarterback), Joseph Silverstein (left halfback), Samuel Raines (right halfback), J. W. McDonald (fullback). The substitutes were: Barrow, Cobb, Lewis Collins, Matson, Jim Mattox, and Marv Mattox. Wake Forest WF VPI 0 0 0 0 13 7 13 7 November 8 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Ernest Sampson (St. Albans) 1919 Wake Forest Baptists football team The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), McCann (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Kornegay, Parrish and Tilson. The starting lineup for Wake Forest was: C. B. Johnston (left end), Pierce (left tackle), Moss (left guard), Wall (center), Forrest Feezor (right guard), Hubert Olive (right tackle), Heckman (right end), Jennette (quarterback), Boylan (left halfback), Fulton (right halfback), Harry Rabenhorst (fullback). The substitutes were: Benton, Bundy, John Floyd, Moore, Shaw Pruette and Taylor. NC State VPI NCSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 November 15 League ParkNorfolk, VA 4,000-4,500 Battersby (Swarthmore) 1919 NC State Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Washington (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Copenhaver, Godsey, Parrish and Tilson. The starting lineup for NC State was: Solomon Homewood (left end), Herbert Weathers (left tackle), Robert Young (left guard), William Whitaker (center), Averette Floyd (right guard), John Ripple (right tackle), Charles Kirkpatrick (right end), John Faucette (quarterback), Dick Gurley (left halfback), Nathaniel Pierson (right halfback), George Murray (fullback). The substitutes were: Joel Lawrence. Emory and Henry EH VPI 0 0 0 0 6 32 26 35 November 22 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Ernest Sampson (St. Albans) The starting lineup for VPI was: Chapman (left end), Farmer (left tackle), Sherertz (left guard), Shaner (center), Saunders (right guard), McConkey (right tackle), Washington (right end), McCann (quarterback), Walters (left halfback), Brooks (right halfback), Glaze (fullback). The substitutes were: Crisp, Gay, Graham, Lancaster, Newman, Redd, Rice and Wills. The starting lineup for Emory and Henry was: Southerland (left end), Wolfe (left tackle), Carter (left guard), Anderson (center), Jim Weaver (right guard), Lotspeich (right tackle), Dyer (right end), Kelly (quarterback), Terry (left halfback), Graham (right halfback), Perry (fullback). The substitutes were: Jones. VMI VPI VMI 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 November 27 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. 6,584 Langford (Trinity) 1919 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Camper (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), J. Hardwick (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Parrish (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Redd (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), McCann (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Godsey, Graham, Shaner and Tilson. The starting lineup for VMI was: Howard Hawkins (left end), Frank Summers (left tackle), Howard Shipley (left guard), J. T. Smith (center), Mantor (right guard), Robert Hunt (right tackle), Sam Mason (right end), Walker Stuart (quarterback), Jere Bunting (left halfback), Jimmy Leech (right halfback), Richard Dickson (fullback). The substitutes were: Bertram Bacharach, William Drewry, Fix, William Harrison, Hubert McCuistion and William Wilson. After the season In December 1919, the VPI players elected Henry Redd as captain of the 1920 VPI Gobblers football team.Redd Is to Captain Tech 11 Next Year https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RIV19191205.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------- Library of Virginia The Richmond Virginian December 5, 1919 5 March 19, 2026 Players Roster VPI 1919 rosterQuarterback Hank Crisp Guards "Dustie" Armstrong Wally Shaner Tackles "Polly" Hall Walter Pierce Sumner D. Tilson Centers Harry Judson Hardwick Ends Davis Jim Hardwick (Capt.) George Parrish WashingtonHalfbacks J. R. Graham Robert Godsey George Lancaster Fullback Henry Redd (Capt.) Substitutes Philip Clay Brooks Julian Jessings Camper Chapman John Copenhaver Farmer Gay Glenn Vernon Glaze Hutcheson John Keatts Kornegay Harry McCann Samuel Anderson McConkey Newman Guy Eldridge Rice Robert M. Saunders Shepherd William Shields Sherertz Walters Clarke Willey Allan Wills Monogram Club members Sixteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1919 VPI team. Player Hometown Notes A. B. "Dustie" Armstrong John Kelly Copenhaver Seven Mile Ford, Virginia World War I and World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army Corps of Engineers). Hank Crisp Falkland, North Carolina Robert Drew Godsey Bristol, Virginia J. R. Graham Lysle Gregory "Polly" Hall Harry Judson Hardwick Blacksburg, Virginia 22nd head football coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, serving for two seasons, from 1937 to 1938, and compiling a record of 8–7–3. James Thomas Hardwick, Jr. Blacksburg, Virginia George Douglas Lancaster Hanover, Virginia World War I and World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force). Harry Lee McCann George F. Parrish Bristol, Virginia Elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1934. Inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Walter Morgan Pierce Christiansburg, Virginia Henry Redd Martinsville, Virginia World War I veteran (First Lieutenant, Army). VPI Head football coach from 1932 to 1940. Wally Shaner Lynchburg, Virginia Reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for three different teams between the 1923 and 1929 seasons. Sumner Dewey "Tex" Tilson Childress, Texas VPI's head football coach for one season, in 1942, compiling a record of 7–2–1. Clarke Randolph Willey Winchester, Virginia Coaching and training staff Head coach: Charles A. Bernier Graduate Manager: Sally Miles Trainer: Doc Tyler Manager: Edward Purcifull Yeager References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football