1901 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1901 VPI football 1901 VPI football team.jpg 285 Independent 6–1 A. B. Morrison Jr. 1st Kit DeCamps Sheib Field The 1901 VPI football team represented alina and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1901 college football season. The team was led by their head coach A. B. Morrison Jr. and finished with a record of six wins and one loss (6–1). Schedule September 28 w y 1901 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Salem, VA 16–0 Salem News Items https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19010929.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times September 29, 1901 6 March 23, 2022 October 11 w 1901 Washington and Lee Generals Washington and Lee Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA 11–0 The V.P.I. Team Won https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-10-12/ed-1/seq-10/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 12, 1901 10 March 23, 2022V.P.I. Wins https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19011012.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 12, 1901 3 March 23, 2022V. P. I. Wins https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27454/RG39_RTP_19011012.pdf Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 12, 1901 2 August 13, 2022 October 19 3:30pm w y Georgetown Georgetown Field Washington, DC 32–6 A Great Game By V.P.I. Cadets https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-10-20/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times October 20, 1901 1 March 23, 2022Victorious Cadets https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-10-20/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 20, 1901 1 March 23, 2022Blue and Grey in the Dust https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062245/1901-10-20/ed-1/seq-4/ Library of Congress The Washington Times October 20, 1901 4 March 23, 2022 October 26 3:30 p.m. l Virginia Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA rivalry 0–16 1,000 'Varsity Triumphant Over Polytechnics https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-10-27/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times October 27, 1901 1 March 23, 2022Great Foot-Ball Day https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-10-27/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 27, 1901 1 March 23, 2022The 'Varsity Triumphant https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2080673 University of Virginia The Daily Progress October 28, 1901 1 March 23, 2022'Varsity Triumphant https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=cDbf6tmpeSoC&dat=19011102&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Cavalier Daily November 2, 1901 1 November 11, 2022 October 31 w y Clemson Fair Grounds Columbia, SC 17–11 5,000 V.P.I., 17; Clemson, 11. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-11-01/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times November 1, 1901 2 March 23, 2022The Great Ball Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067846/1901-11-06/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Watchman and Southron November 6, 1901 1 March 23, 2022 November 16 3:00 p.m. w y 1901 University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore Broad Street Park Richmond, VA 18–0 1,000 Cadets Won Easily https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-11-17/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch November 17, 1901 1 March 23, 2022Polytechs Defeat Maryland https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-11-17/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times November 17, 1901 1 March 23, 2022 November 28 2:30 p.m. w y VMI League Park Norfolk, VA rivalry 21–0 5,000 The Polytechnic Team Defeat The Virginia Military Cadets https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1901-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times November 29, 1901 1 March 23, 2022Many Foot-Ball Battles https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch November 29, 1901 1 March 23, 2022 Original schedule The 1901 football schedule for VPI listed in the September 22 edition of The Richmond Dispatch was as follows:V.P.I. Foot-Ball Prospects https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-09-22/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch September 22, 1901 8 March 23, 2022 September 28 – St. Albans in Blacksburg, Virginia (game was not played) October 5 – St. Albans in Radford, Virginia (game was not played) October 11 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (played on this date) October 26 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played) November 9 – Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina (game was moved to October 31 and Columbia, South Carolina) November 16 – University of Maryland, Baltimore in Richmond, Virginia (played on this date) November 23 – open (Stayed open) November 28 – VMI in Norfolk, Virginia (played on this date) The 1901 football schedule in the September 24 edition of The Roanoke Times included the following differences with the above schedule:Blacksburg Items https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19010924.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Congress The Roanoke Times September 24, 1901 6 March 23, 2022 October 12 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (game was moved to October 11 and played) October 19 – Georgetown in Washington, DC (game was played) October 26 – Virginia in Blacksburg (game was played) November 2 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played) VPI also hoped to schedule a game with the University of Georgia on November 9, but this game was not played. After the games with St. Albans were not played on September 28 and October 5, The Richmond Dispatch reported that the teams would play each other at a horse and cattle show in Radford in late October.Horse- And Cattle-Show https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1901-10-06/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 6, 1901 27 March 23, 2022 This game was not played. Before the season The 1900 VPI football team compiled a 3–3–1 record and were led by Eugene Davis in his only season as head coach. Game summaries Roanoke VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke in Salem, Virginia. Washington and Lee After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Washington and Lee University at Sheib Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Ware (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Osterbind (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Beckett. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: A. McD. Smith (left end), Charles McNulty (left tackle), Americus Trundle (left guard), Charles Whipple (center), Robert Crockett (right guard), D. A. P. Laird (right tackle), Osman Swartz (right end), Henry Hall (quarterback), David Fielder (left halfback), George Haw (right halfback), James Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: Haney Conner. Georgetown 1901 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Wilcox (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Davidson and Sayers. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Jimmy Kimberger (left end), Murray Russell (left tackle), Henry Hamm (left guard), Percy Given (center), Bill McLaughlin (right guard), Dan Mackay (right tackle), Sam Edmonston (right end), Paul Laroussini (quarterback), C. Moran Barry (left halfback), Ray Abbaticchio (right halfback), Preston Edmonston (fullback). The substitutes were: Morman, Joe Reilly, Joe Seitz and Frank Thedieck. Virginia Virginia vs. VPI UVA VPI 10 6 0 0 October 26, 1901 Sheib FieldRichmond, VA 3:30 p.m. 1,000 M. J. Thompson (Georgetown) 1901 Virginia Orange and Blue football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Davidson (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Miller and Ware. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Alexis Hobson (left end), Herbert Waters (left tackle), B. S. Moore (left guard), Hurt (center), Christie Benet (right guard), Bradley Walker (right tackle), Bob Williams (right end), Ed Tutwiler (quarterback), Robert Coleman (left halfback), Burnley Lankford (right halfback), Franklin Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Church. Clemson 1901 Clemson Tigers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), Miles (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Huffard (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The starting lineup for Clemson was: William Forsythe (left end), Beef DeCosta (left tackle), Brieden (left guard), Green (center), Jack Forsythe (right guard), William Sneed (right tackle), James Lynah (right end), Lewis (quarterback), Fred Pearman (left halfback), Hunter (right halfback), Claude Douthit (fullback). Maryland, Baltimore Maryland, Baltimore vs. VPI MB VPI 0 0 6 12 November 16, 1901 Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA 3:00 p.m. 1,000 Garnett Nelson The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), Miles (left tackle), Abbott (left guard), Steele (center), Wilson (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Turner (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell and Huffard. The starting lineup for Maryland, Baltimore was: Winslow (left end), Scott (left tackle), Mitchell (left guard), Buck (center), Dribble (right guard), Drewry (right tackle), Dann (right end), Coffey (quarterback), Hayden (left halfback), Burns (right halfback), Rudolph (fullback). VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 11 10 November 28, 1901 League ParkNorfolk, VA 2:30 p.m. 5,000 M. J. Thompson (Georgetown) 1901 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell and Sayers. The starting lineup for VMI was: Jennings Wise (left end), Herbert Tutwiler (left tackle), Ira Johnson (left guard), Jesse Wright (center), Richard Beirne (right guard), Thomas Rinehart (right tackle), Beverley Tucker (right end), Eugene deSteiguer (quarterback), Andrew Rawn (left halfback), Victor Perry (right halfback), John Glenn (fullback). The substitutes were: George Dewey, Edward Johnson, Marshall Milton and George Ross. Players The following players were members of the 1901 football team according to the roster published in the 1902 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1902/1902_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1902 1902 124 2015-11-11Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1903 1903 131 2015-11-11 VPI 1901 rosterQuarterback Kit DeCamps (Capt.) Guards Alvin Lee Abbott George Cralle Willson Tackles Sally Miles Hub McCormick Center Joseph Clyde SteeleEnds Ramey Creighton Childs Campbell Joe Ware Halfbacks Hunter Carpenter John Brabson Huffard Fullback John CounselmanSubstitutes John Harry Beckett Archer Davidson George Coleman Miller Carter Clarke Osterbind Anderson Howard Sayers Turner Lalor Romaine Willcox Coaching and training staff Head coach: A. B. Morrison Jr. Manager: James Bolton Assistant managers Guy Aubrey Chalkley J. M. 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