1916 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1916 VPI Gobblers football South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 7–2 4–0 Jack E. Ingersoll 1st John Staub Caffee Miles Field SAIAA champion The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only year as head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association https://web.archive.org/web/20150222151731/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=171 2015-02-22 ,College Football Data Warehouse Schedule September 30 w Richmond Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 13–0 Spiders Hold Techs To Two Touchdowns https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-10-01/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 1, 1916 25 January 30, 20221916-10-01 Richmond College defeated by V.P.I. 16 The Roanoke Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-richmond-college-defea/136288504/ 2023-12-04 October 7 w y 1916 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 10–0 Hampden-Sidney Loses https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-10-08/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 8, 1916 29 January 30, 2022 October 14 l y y West Virginia Kanawha Park Charleston, WV rivalry 0–20 Mountaineers Trim Virginia Eleven 20 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059732/1916-10-15/ed-1/seq-11/ Library of Congress The Sunday Telegram October 15, 1916 11 January 28, 2022Techs Are Defeated https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-10-15/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 15, 1916 27 January 30, 2022 October 20 2:30 p.m. l y y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT 0–19 5,000 Yale Wins From V.P.I., Score 19-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059715/1916-10-21/ed-1/seq-17/ Library of Congress The Daily Telegram October 21, 1916 7 January 30, 2022Eli Backs Quickly Grind Out Victory https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1916-10-21/ed-1/seq-8/ Library of Congress New Britain Daily Herald October 21, 1916 8 January 30, 2022Techs Surprise Yale https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-10-21/ed-1/seq-4/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 21, 1916 4 January 30, 2022Yale Subs Triumph Over Virginia Eleven https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1916-10-21/ed-1/seq-16/ Library of Congress New-York Tribune October 21, 1916 16 March 16, 2022 October 28 2:30 p.m. w y North Carolina A&M League Park Norfolk, VA 40–0 3,000 Virginia Techs Win Handily From Aggies https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-10-29/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 29, 1916 27 January 30, 2022V.P.I. Humiliates A. and M. Eleven In Annual Battle https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/LH1-N6-R4-v18n4#?c=&m=&s=&cv=12&xywh=-2258%2C0%2C7196%2C4266 North Carolina State University Red & White November 9, 1916 73 March 9, 20221916-10-29 Techs score easy victory over Aggies; V. P. I. overwhelms A. & M. by 40 to 0 score -- 12 The Virginian-Pilot https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-techs-score-easy-vic/136291328/ 2023-12-05 November 4 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA 14–7 Kings of Gridiron Battle for South Atlantic Honors http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19161104.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1916-- Library of Virginia The World News November 4, 1916 1 December 10, 2015Carolina Outplayed And Techs Victorious https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-11-05/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 5, 1916 29 January 30, 2022Tar Heels Lose Game To Strong V.P.I. Team https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1916-11-11/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel November 11, 1916 1 February 21, 20221916-11-05 Tarheels lose to Blacksburg squad; Bob Nelson stars for Tech in game here with U. of N.C. 1 The Roanoke Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-tarheels-lose-to-black/136291964/ 2023-12-05 November 11 w y Wake Forest Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 52–0 Techs Cut Wake Forest Asunder With Line Rushes https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-11-12/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 12, 1916 30 January 30, 2022 November 18 w y 1916 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 41–0 Roanoke College Beaten by V.P.I. https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19161120.1.9&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-----1916-- Library of Virginia The World-News 9 November 20, 1916 October 17, 2018Techs Are Victorious https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-11-19/ed-1/seq-30/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 19, 1916 30 January 30, 2022 November 30 2:30 p.m. w y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 23–14 5,000 Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19161130.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1916-- Library of Virginia The World News November 30, 1916 1 December 10, 2015Cadets Are Defeated After Freakish Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-12-01/ed-1/seq-9/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch December 1, 1916 9 January 30, 2022V.M.I. Loses Thrilling Game To Techs https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/2094/rec/1 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet December 4, 1916 1 February 22, 20221916-12-01 Sommerville and Redd saved Tech; Cadets had good chance to win at one state of yesterday's game 1 The Roanoke Times https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-sommerville-and-redd-s/136288322/ 2023-12-04 Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1916–1917". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 8, 2015. Before the season The 1915 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 4–4 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his sixth season as head coach. Game summaries Richmond Richmond vs. VPI Richmond VPI 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 0 September 30, 1916 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Branch Bocock 1916 Richmond Spiders football team VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Richmond at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Nelson (left end), Parrish (left tackle), Howell (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), A. P. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Gaines (left halfback), Mack (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Engleby, Funkhouser, Gregory, Hall, McNeil, D. Roden, E. Roden, Somerville, Stringer and Treakle. The starting lineup for Richmond was: Willey Broaddus (left end), Harry Carter (left tackle), Robinson (left guard), Ashby Henderson (center), Ollie Oakes (right guard), Bertram Robins (right tackle), Robert Whittet (right end), Caldwell Wicker (quarterback), Howard Spencer (left halfback), Goodwyn Kuyk (right halfback), Thomas Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: Harvey Milbourne, Clyde Shepherd and Thomas Taliaferro. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 October 7, 1916 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Branch Bocock After their victory over Richmond, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Howell (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), A. P. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Nelson (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Stringer (left halfback), Mack (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: E. Roden, Somerville and Younger. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Walter Aylor (left end), R. F. Porter (left tackle), J. W. Hogshead (left guard), Royster Lyle (center), Henry Allen (right guard), Ernest Herzig (right tackle), Robert Gillespie (right end), Walter Thurman (quarterback), Thomas Parrish (left halfback), Peyton Palmore (right halfback), James Warren (fullback). West Virginia VPI vs. West Virginia VPI WVU 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 14 October 14, 1916 Charleston, WV Tiny Maxwell 1916 West Virginia Mountaineers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Younger (left end), Hall (left tackle), Howell (left guard), A. P. Moore (center), A. B. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Nelson (right end), Funkhouser (quarterback), Gaines (left halfback), Stringer (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Gregory, McNeil, Parrish, E. Roden and Treakle. The starting lineup for West Virginia was: Harold Hutchinson (left end), Harry Curry (left tackle), Howard Henrie (left guard), Russ Bailey (center), Dorsey Brannan (right guard), J. Burns Webster (right tackle), Paul Hager (right end), Fred Chenoweth (quarterback), Rip King (left halfback), Clay Hite (right halfback), Ira Rodgers (fullback). The substitutes were: Lane Anderson, James Shughrou and Rowley Thornburg. Yale VPI at Yale VPI Yale 0 0 0 0 12 0 7 0 October 20, 1916 Yale FieldNew Haven, CT 2:30 p.m. 5,000 "drizzle and heavy fog" Whiting (Cornell) 1916 Yale Bulldogs football team Former President and future Chief Justice William Howard Taft attended the Yale-VPI game to watch his son Charles play in the game.Taft At First Game Since '78 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1916-10-21/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Sun October 21, 1916 1 March 16, 2022 The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Parrish (left guard), A. P. Moore (center), A. B. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Mack (left halfback), Nelson (right halfback), Gardner (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, McNeil, Redd and D. Roden. The starting lineup for Yale was: Artemus Gates (left end), Charles Taft (left tackle), Fred Graham (left guard), Reginald Hutchinson (center), Charles Galt (right guard), Howard M. Baldrige (right tackle), Charles Comerford (right end), Howell Van Nostrand (quarterback), Robert Bingham (left halfback), Harry LeGore (right halfback), Emile Jacques (fullback). The substitutes were: James Braden, Harold Carey, Lawrence Fox, Joseph Neville and Philip Zenner. North Carolina A&M North Carolina A&M vs. VPI NC A&M VPI 0 0 0 0 7 6 6 21 October 28, 1916 League ParkNorfolk, VA 2:30 p.m. 3,000 Jack Gass 1916 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Parrish (left tackle), Treakle (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), A. P. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Nelson (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Gaines, Gardner, Howell, Lancaster, McNeil, Palmer, G. Parrish, Pritchard, D. Roden, Somerville, Stringer and Turber. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: N. D. Pierson (left end), Solomon Homewood (left tackle), Lawrence (left guard), William Whitaker (center), A. D. Nance (right guard), Cooke (right tackle), Andrew McMurray (right end), James McDougall (quarterback), Lee (left halfback), Rice (right halfback), Van Brocklin (fullback). The substitutes were: J. H. Baugham, Haynes, Hill, William Hodgin, Johnson, Parks and Spivey. North Carolina North Carolina vs. VPI UNC VPI 0 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 November 4, 1916 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 3:00 p.m. Jack Gass 1916 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Parrish (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), A. P. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Nelson (left halfback), Gardner (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Gaines, Howell and E. Roden. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: James Love (left end), John Tayloe (left tackle), William Grimes (left guard), Yank Tandy (center), Beemer Harrell (right guard), James Ramsay (right tackle), Edward Proctor (right end), Macon Williams (quarterback), Edward Fitzsimmons (left halfback), Bill Folger (right halfback), George Tennant (fullback). The substitutes were: Barton, Hargrove Bellamy, Hugh Black, James Coleman and Davis. Wake Forest 1916 Wake Forest Baptists football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Howell (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Parrish (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Gardner (left halfback), Nelson (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: D. Roden and Stringer. The starting lineup for Wake Forest was: William Harris (left end), Olive (left tackle), Blizzard (left guard), Blankenship (center), Shaw (right guard), T. C. McKnight (right tackle), Langston (right end), D. Pace (quarterback), Phinehas Croom (left halfback), Champion (right halfback), Charles Parker (fullback). Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 0 0 0 13 7 0 21 November 18, 1916 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA "exceptionally cold" Izard (W&L) The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Parrish (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Howell (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Gardner (left halfback), Nelson (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Lancaster, McNeil and Stringer. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: C. M. Huddle (left end), Fred Easter (left tackle), Frank Cadwallader (left guard), M. W. Kreiger (center), P. B. Smith (right guard), S. L. Bonham (right tackle), Douglas Chapman (right end), J. B. Anspach (quarterback), Douglas Bunting (left halfback), R. H. Duncan (right halfback), J. H. Bonham (fullback). The substitutes were: Buschong, Fray, J. E. Hollingsworth, W. D. Hull, Kegey and S. White Rhyne. VMI 1916 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Hall (left tackle), Parrish (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), A. P. Moore (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Gaines (left halfback), Nelson (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Howell, Lancaster, McNeil, Reimer, Somerville and Stringer. The starting lineup for VMI was: Mose Goodman (left end), Matthew Steele (left tackle), Hawkins (left guard), James Nelms (center), Root (right guard), Steele Hawkins (right tackle), Peyton Marshall (right end), Gray (quarterback), Stanton Bertschey (left halfback), George Engleby (right halfback), Hart (fullback). The substitutes were: Jimmy Leech, Horace Roberdeau, Silverstein, Sullivan, Thomas, William Whittle and Samuel Witt. After the season In December 1916, the VPI players elected James Atkins Gregory as captain of the 1917 VPI Gobblers football team.Techs Get Monograms https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=VPTNL19161210.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------- Library of Virginia Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark December 10, 1916 12 April 13, 2026 Players Roster VPI 1916 rosterQuarterbacks Douglas Lancaster Edwin Roden Guards Russell Howell Harry Parrish Arthur Penick Moore Tackles John Caffee (Capt.) Lyle HallCenter Arthur Blakie Moore Ends James Gregory Monk Younger Halfbacks Frank Engleby Edward Funkhouser Leonard Gaines Robert Nelson Fullback Henry ReddSubstitutes Clinton T. Barnes Jay Frank Clemmer Frank Edward Daly James W. Farmer Morgan Gardner Turner Ashby Graves Francis Alexander Gray William Murry Lybrook Guy Eugene McNeil Donald Mack George Frizzell Parrish Daniel Harris Pritchard Harry Douglas Roden George Selben Somerville Llewellyn Winn "Lew" Stringer George Ellsworth Treakle Monogram Club members Fifteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1916 VPI team. Player Hometown Notes John Staub Caffee Norfolk, Virginia Frank Allison Engleby Roanoke, Virginia Edward Kramer Funkhouser Harrisonburg, Virginia Leonard Myrton Gaines Richmond, Virginia James Atkins Gregory Chase City, Virginia Lysle George Hall Charlottesville, Virginia Russell Minor Howell Fincastle, Virginia George Douglas Lancaster Ashland, Virginia Arthur Blakie Moore Buchanan, Virginia Fought in World War I and was killed during the Meuse–Argonne offensive. Arthur Penick Moore Ringgold, Virginia Robert Rodes Nelson Roanoke, Virginia Harry Temple Parrish Bristol, Virginia Henry Redd Martinsville, Virginia Edwin Lee Roden Richmond, Virginia William Lee Younger Lynchburg, Virginia Coaching and training staff Head coach: Jack E. Ingersoll Assistant coach: Harlan Sanborn Manager: Walton Marshall Ellingsworth Assistant managers George E. Caffee William Reid Williams, Jr. References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons Category:South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football champion seasons VPI Gobblers football