1925 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1925 VPI Gobblers football Southern Conference SoCon 5–3–2 3–3–1 B. C. Cubbage 5th Joseph Henry Moran Miles Field The 1925 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its fifth season under head coach B. C. Cubbage, VPI compiled a 5–3–2 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in tenth place in the Southern Conference, and was outscored by a total of 52 to 39.1925 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football April 19, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/virginia-tech/1925.html The team played its home games at Miles Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. Schedule Eastern September 19 w y 1925 Lynchburg Hornets Lynchburg Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 10–0 Gobblers Defeat Lynchburg 10 to 0 Daily Press September 20, 1925 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30767028/gobblers_defeat_lynchburg_10_to_0/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022V. P. I. Scores Over Lynchburg College https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-09-20/ed-1/seq-73/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 20, 1925 73 December 4, 2022 September 26 t y Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 0–0 4,500 Roanoke Fights V. P. I. To A Scoreless Tie Daily Press September 27, 1925 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30767111/roanoke_fights_vpi_to_a_scoreless_tie/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022V. P. I. and Roanoke in Pointless Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-09-27/ed-1/seq-67/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star September 27, 1925 67 December 4, 2022Tech Held to Scoreless Tie https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TBA19251002.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Roanoke College Brackety-ack October 2, 1925 1 January 22, 2024 October 3 3:00 p.m. w y 1925 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 13–3 V.P.I. Rallies To Win Over Tigers By 13-3 Daily Press October 4, 1925 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30767208/vpi_rallies_to_win_over_tigers_by/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022V. P. I. Scores 13-3 Foot Ball Victory https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-10-04/ed-1/seq-86/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 4, 1925 86 December 4, 2022 October 10 2:30 p.m. l y Auburn Drake Field Auburn, AL 0–19 5,000 Tigers Defeat Gobblers 19 to 0 https://content.lib.auburn.edu/digital/collection/plainsman/id/98/rec/63 Auburn University The Auburn Plainsman October 10, 1925 1 December 4, 2022 October 17 2:30 p.m. w y Maryland Griffith Stadium Washington, DC 3–0 Maryland Again Fails To Beat Gobblers The Baltimore Sun October 18, 1925 II-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30681218/maryland_again_fails_to_beat_gobblers/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022V. P. I. Still Jinx of the Old Liners https://digital.lib.umd.edu/result/id/1ef864dd-50b4-4f2a-83c2-7f9126fc622a?relpath=pcdm University of Maryland, College Park The Diamondback October 20, 1925 1 September 22, 2024Virginia Poly Is Victor Over Maryland https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-10-18/ed-1/seq-81/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 18, 1925 81 December 4, 2022 October 24 l y Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA 0–20 Virginia Poly Helpless Before W. and L. Attacks The Baltimore Sun October 25, 1925 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30767296/virginia_poly_helpless_before_w_and_l/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022Generals Overwhelm V. P. I. in Sea of Mud 20 to 0 Count https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27972/RTP_19251028.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 28, 1925 1 December 4, 2022Generals Outplay V. P. I. To Win, 20-0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-10-25/ed-1/seq-72/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star October 25, 1925 72 December 4, 2022Local Football Teams Triumph in Out of Town Games https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19251029.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News October 29, 1925 1 December 5, 2022 October 31 2:30 p.m. w y South Carolina Mayo Island Park Richmond, VA 6–0 Harper Robert Tech Is Primed For Clash Today With Gamecocks https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108986892/the-times-dispatch/ Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia October 31, 1925 1 September 5, 2022 Newspapers.com Harper Robert Tech Is Primed For Clash Today With Gamecocks (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108987025/the-times-dispatch/ Richmond Times-Dispatch Richmond, Virginia October 31, 1925 10 September 5, 2022 Newspapers.com South Carolina Is Licked By Gobblers Daily Press November 1, 1925 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30714504/south_carolina_is_licked_by_gobblers/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022Birds Lose To Virginia Tech By Touchdown https://historicnewspapers.sc.edu/lccn/2012218660/1925-11-13/ed-1/seq-6/ University of South Carolina The Gamecock November 13, 1925 6 December 4, 2022V. P. I. Is Too Much For South Carolina https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-11-01/ed-1/seq-97/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 1, 1925 97 December 4, 2022 November 7 t NC State Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 0–0 V.P.I. Held In a Tie With State Bluefield Daily Telegraph November 8, 1925 II-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30765686/vpi_held_in_a_tie_with_state/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022Wolfpack Holds Strong Gobbler Team Scoreless https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v6n10-1925-11-13#?c=&m=&cv=3&xywh=-832%2C300%2C4735%2C1749 North Carolina State University The Technician November 13, 1925 4 December 4, 2022Poly and N. C. State in Pointless Clash https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-11-08/ed-1/seq-75/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 8, 1925 75 December 4, 2022 November 14 l y Virginia Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 0–10 Virginia Hands Out Blanks To Gobblers Daily Press November 15, 1925 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30702610/virginia_hands_out_blanks_to_gobblers/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022Virginia Wins From V.P.I. Team https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2595922 University of Virginia The Daily Progress November 16, 1925 1 December 4, 2022Virginia Is Winner Over V. P. I., 10 to 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1925-11-15/ed-1/seq-97/ Library of Congress The Sunday Star November 15, 1925 97 December 4, 2022 November 26 w y VMI Maher Field Roanoke, VA rivalry 7–0 14,000 Flying Squadron Loses Thrilling Turkey Day Battle To Ancient Rivals--Va. Tech 7; V. M. I. 0 https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll8/id/4391 Virginia Military Institute The Cadet November 30, 1925 1 December 4, 2022Virginia Poly Winner Over Flying Squadron The Baltimore Sun November 27, 1925 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30767416/virginia_poly_winner_over_flying/ Newspapers.com December 4, 2022V. P. I. Downed V. M. I. 7 to 0 in Annual Turkey Day Contest At Roanoke https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RCN19251203.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia Rockbridge County News December 3, 1925 1 December 5, 2022 Before the season The 1924 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 4–2–3 record and were led by B. C. Cubbage in his fourth season as head coach. Game summaries Lynchburg Lynchburg vs. VPI Lynchburg VPI 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 September 19, 1925 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Izard (W&L) VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Lynchburg at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Adams, Anderson, Bird, Bond, Downing, Faulkner, Hargis, Jeffries, Lineberry, Von Erickson, Williams and Wray. The starting lineup for Lynchburg was: Perry (left end), Robert Givens (left tackle), Frank Suttenfield (left guard), Ralph Shank (center), Allen (right guard), George West (right tackle), Grant (right end), James Barbee (quarterback), Harrison McMains (left halfback), Walter Thomas (right halfback), Max Leitman (fullback). The substitutes were: Carroll, Ross and Rowley. Roanoke Roanoke vs. VPI Roanoke VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 26, 1925 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA 4,500 Parrish (VPI) 1925 Roanoke Maroons football team After their victory over Lynchburg, VPI played Roanoke College at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Faulkner (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson. The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Lloyd Seay (left end), Tony Giesen (left tackle), C. C. Marsh (left guard), F. L. Logan (center), Maurice Givens (right guard), S. F. Davies (right tackle), P. Rutherford (right end), John Dietrich (quarterback), C. F. Bissenger (left halfback), John Miller (right halfback), A. D. Hurt (fullback). The substitutes were: D. S. Ellicock, Raymond Haislip and Charles Wilson. Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 October 3, 1925 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA 3:00 p.m. Izard (W&L) The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Anderson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), Robinson (right halfback), Faulkner (fullback). The substitutes were: Bird, Bond, DeLaBarre, Gaines, Hargis, Jeffries, Moss, Williams and Wray. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Charles Turley (left end), Stuart Worden (left tackle), Robert Nance (left guard), Alfred Dudley (center), Edwin Stover (right guard), Harry Myles (right tackle), Richard Roberts (right end), John Brinser (quarterback), Ward Palmer (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Alvin Lyons (fullback). The substitutes were: Alexander, Alfred Adkins, Ayres, Gordon Clarke, Hudson, David Reveley, William Richardson and Zimmerman. Auburn VPI at Auburn VPI Auburn 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 0 October 10, 1925 Drake FieldAuburn, AL 2:30 p.m. 5,000 Powell (Dartmouth) 1925 Auburn Tigers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Ray (left guard), Moran (center), Handy (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Anderson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The starting lineup for Auburn was: Ollinger (left end), Pruett (left tackle), Long (left guard), Robinson (center), McFadden (right guard), Harkins (right tackle), Spinks (right end), Williams (quarterback), Tuxworth (left halfback), P. Green (right halfback), Salter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bogue, Crane, Finch, Johnson, Market and Patterson. Maryland Maryland vs. VPI Maryland VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 October 17, 1925 Griffith StadiumWashington, DC 2:30 p.m. Heavy rain Paul Magoffin 1925 Maryland Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jeffries (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Moss (left halfback), Esleeck (right halfback), DeLaBarre (fullback). The substitutes were: Bond, Faulkner and Wray. The starting lineup for Maryland was: Bill Supplee (left end), Walter Bromley (left tackle), Arthur Bonnet (left guard), Harold Bafford (center), John R. Lanigan (right guard), John Waters (right tackle), William Beatty (right end), Edward Tenney (quarterback), David Whelchel (left halfback), Lewis "Knocky" Thomas (right halfback), Fred Linkous (fullback). The substitutes were: Donald Adams, Kirkland Besley, Brown, Cardwell, Granger, Pugh, Edwin Rothgeb, Schaffer, Myron Stevens, Walter Troxell and Earl Zulick. Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 14 0 6 0 0 0 0 October 24, 1925 Lynchburg, VA Paul Magoffin 1925 Washington and Lee Generals football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jeffries (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bond, Petty and Von Erickson. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: R. I. Daves (left end), Warren E. Tilson (left tackle), Leslie Stemmons (left guard), Archie Hawkins (center), Charlie Van Horn (right guard), Robert Holt (right tackle), James Kay Thomas (right end), Burnell Tips (quarterback), Henry Wilson (left halfback), William Palmer (right halfback), Ty Rauber (fullback). The substitutes were: Francis Barclay, Merrell Budnick and John McVay. South Carolina South Carolina vs. VPI South Carolina VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 October 31, 1925 Mayo Island ParkRichmond, VA 2:30 p.m. Harry Hartsell 1925 South Carolina Gamecocks football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Miles (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Moran (center), Handy (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Petty (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Faulkner. The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Samuel Burke (left end), J. C. Long (left tackle), Henry Bartelle (left guard), William Boyd (center), James Pruitt (right guard), Floyd Thomas (right tackle), William Swink (right end), William Jeffords (quarterback), W. H. Boatwright (left halfback), W. W. "Red" Swink (right halfback), Alexander Jaskewicz (fullback). The substitutes were: Bill Rogers and Robert Wimberley. NC State NC State vs. VPI NC State VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 November 7, 1925 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Jack Gass 1925 NC State Wolfpack football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jones (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), DeLaBarre (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), Faulkner (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bond, Esleeck, Jeffries, Petty and Williams. The starting lineup for NC State was: William Beatty (left end), J. Kilgore (left tackle), William White (left guard), Fred Logan (center), Newlin Nicholson (right guard), B. R. Bynum (right tackle), Charles Austell (right end), Alfred Johnston (quarterback), G. E. Hunsucker (left halfback), Jack McDowall (right halfback), Walter Shuford (fullback). The substitutes were: William Donnell, Faulkner, Charles Lambe and Arthur Thomas. Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 November 14, 1925 Lambeth FieldCharlottesville, VA Izard (W&L) 1925 Virginia Cavaliers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jones (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), DeLaBarre (left halfback), Faulkner (right halfback), Esleeck (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bond, Jeffries, Moss and Petty. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Arnold (left end), Mul Holland (left tackle), A. Cockrill (left guard), Theodore Phillips (center), Charles Mackall (right guard), Bickerton Cardwell (right tackle), William Branble (right end), A. Carter Diffey (quarterback), John Hushion (left halfback), Edmond Laird (right halfback), Quintis Hutter (fullback). The substitutes were: W. H. Ahner, C. E. Cuddy, Dare, Samuel Friedburg, E. R. Glauber and John Loth. VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 November 26, 1925 Maher FieldRoanoke, VA 14,000 Ed Thorpe (De LaSalle) 1925 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Moran (center), Handy (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Anderson (quarterback), Bond (left halfback), Faulkner (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: DeLaBarre, Esleeck, Jeffries, Petty, Robertson and Williams. The starting lineup for VMI was: John Fain (left end), Herman Kulp (left tackle), Karlyle O'Berry (left guard), Joseph Mondy (center), J. C. Smith (right guard), Claude Moorman (right tackle), Newton Barkley (right end), Paul Caldwell (quarterback), Oliver Gfroerer (left halfback), Archie Deitrich (right halfback), Windy White (fullback). The substitutes were: Karl Harmeling, Kelly, John Willis and Edward Yates. After the season In December 1925, the VPI players elected Joseph Henry Moran as captain of the 1926 VPI Gobblers football team, the first time a VPI player has been chosen as captain in successive years.Moran Succeeds Himself As Captain at Va. Tech https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RNL19251211.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Richmond News Leader December 11, 1925 9 January 17, 2025 Players VPI 1925 roster J. C. Adams George Claiborne "Speck" Anderson Edward Arthur Bird James Nurney Bond Charles Wood Brigham Cecil Franzen DeLaBarre Barney Downing Karl Esleeck H. K. Faulkner Edwin Ruthven Gaines Arthur Greene Edward Malvern Handy William Leonard Hargis Forrest William Holly John Mercer Jeffries J. B. Jones H. H. Lineberry Vernon Edward Miles Joseph Henry Moran (Capt.) Jack Wellford Moss Douglas Cooper Petty James Edward Ray Paul Robertson R. Von Erickson Williams Wray Coaching and training staff Head coach: B. C. Cubbage Assistant coaches Backfield coach: Charley Way Manager: James Peter King Freshman head coach: Henry Redd Freshman Manager: W. P. Wilkins References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football