1903 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1903 VPI football Independent 5–1 Charles Augustus Lueder 1st Sally Miles Gibboney Field The 1903 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1903 college football season. The team was led by head coach Charles Augustus Lueder and finished with a record of five wins and one loss (5–1). Schedule October 13 w St. Albans Lutheran Boys School Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 29–0 V.P.I., 29; St. Albans, 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-10-14/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 14, 1903 2 March 22, 2022 October 17 w North Carolina A&M Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 21–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-virginia-defeats-ken/151838685/ The Virginian-Pilot Virginia defeats Kentucky; The V.P.I. win from N.C.A. and M. October 18, 1903 July 22, 2024 Newspapers.comV.P.I. 21 – A. & M. 0 https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/LH1-N6-R4-v5n3#?c=&m=&s=&cv=14&xywh=-3745%2C-1%2C10981%2C4697 North Carolina State University The Red and White December 1906 15 March 22, 2022 October 24 3:15 p.m. l y Virginia Broad Street Park Richmond, VA rivalry 0–21 4,000 Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-10-24/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 24, 1903 1 March 22, 2022The Polytechnic Boys Beaten By 'Varsity https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-10-25/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 25, 1903 13 March 22, 2022Council's Splendid Run https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2084645 University of Virginia The Daily Progress October 26, 1903 2 March 22, 2022'Varsity Too Much For The V.P.I.'s https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NEL19031026.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Richmond News Leader October 26, 1903 8 March 22, 2022 November 7 3:20 p.m. w y North Carolina Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA 21–0 2,000 Another Defeat. https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1903-11-12/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel November 12, 1903 1 March 22, 2022Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-11-08/ed-1/seq-13/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 8, 1903 13 March 22, 2022 November 21 w y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 11–0 Middies Beaten https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1903-11-22/ed-1/seq-16/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 22, 1903 16 March 22, 2022 November 26 3:00 p.m. w y Davidson Athletic Park Roanoke, VA 26–0 1,200–1,500 V.P.I. Boys Get Another Feather https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19031127.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times November 27, 1903 5 March 22, 2022 Before the season The 1902 VPI football team compiled a 3–2–1 record and were led by R. R. Brown in his only season as head coach. Game summaries St. Albans St. Albans vs. VPI St. Albans VPI 0 0 23 6 October 13, 1903 Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Gibboney Field. North Carolina A&M 1903 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team After their victory over St. Albans, VPI played the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Gibboney Field. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Lykes (left end), J. H. Koon (left tackle), LeRoy Abernethy (left guard), Edgar Gaither (center), R. G. Wilson (right guard), V. L. Neal (right tackle), Joseph Gulley (right end), T. R. Buckley (quarterback), Ward Shannonhouse (left halfback), C. D. Welch (right halfback), Joseph Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: S. W. Asbury, Arthur Gregory, Fred Hadley and Charles Seifert. Virginia Virginia vs. VPI UVA VPI 15 6 0 0 October 24, 1903 Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA 3:15 p.m. 4,000 M. J. Thompson (Georgetown) 1903 Virginia Orange and Blue football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Hodgson (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Schaefer. The starting lineup for Virginia was: George Hull (left end), David McColl (left tackle), James C. Elmer (left guard), Clyde R. Conner (center), William Spates (right guard), Walter Council (right tackle), Merritt Cooke Jr. (right end), John Beverly Pollard (quarterback), Wistar Heald (left halfback), Harry Wall (right halfback), Thomas Watkins (fullback). The substitutes were: George Zinn. North Carolina North Carolina vs. VPI UNC VPI 0 0 15 6 November 7, 1903 Lafayette FieldNorfolk, VA 3:20 p.m. 2,000 Bill Armstrong 1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Hodgson. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Frank Foust (left end), J. Donnelly (left tackle), Perry (left guard), Roach Stewart (center), Charles Albright (right guard), George Jones (right tackle), Albert Lyman Cox (right end), Engle (quarterback), Green Berkeley (left halfback), J. E. Mann (right halfback), Addison Hester (fullback). The substitutes were: Wright. Navy 1903 Navy Midshipmen football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The starting lineup for Navy was: Douglas Howard (left end), Ronan Grady (left tackle), Henry Chambers (left guard), Albert Rees (center), Edson Oak (right guard), William Piersol (right tackle), Charles Soule (right end), John Wilcox (quarterback), Ralph Strassburger (left halfback), Jonathan Dowell (right halfback), William Halsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Clay and Reichmuth. Davidson 1903 Davidson football team Players The following players were members of the 1903 football team according to the roster published in the 1904 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1904/1904_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1904 1904 2015-11-12 VPI 1903 rosterQuarterback Charles Edgar Bear Guards Alvin Lee Abbott Walsh Tackles Sally Miles (Capt.) George Cralle Willson Center Joseph Clay StilesEnds Wilmer Nelson Robins Thomas Walker Lewis Halfbacks Clarence Byrd Hunter Carpenter Fullback John CounselmanSubstitutes Thomas Newton Brent William Harper Dean Murray Valentine Harlan Herbert David Hodgson Charles Martin Schafer Robert Bruce Tinsley Coaching and training staff Head coach: Charles Augustus Lueder Assistant coach: R. R. Brown Manager: Guy Aubrey Chalkley Assistant managers Frank Marshall Yost Robert Stuart Royer References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI football