1893 VAMC football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1893 VAMC football VAMC93.jpg 285 Independent 0–2 E. A. Smyth 2nd Solomon Vance Lovenstein B. H. Wills The 1893 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1893 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. A. Smyth and finished with a record of zero wins and two losses (0–2). Schedule October 21 3:00 p.m. l y 1893 Emory and Henry Wasps Emory and Henry Emory, VA 0–6 Foot-Ball at Emory and Henry https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18931024.1.3&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-----1893-- Library of Virginia The Times October 24, 1893 3 October 17, 2017 November 18 l y Randolph-Macon Academy Bedford, VA 6–34 Bedford City Budget https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RT18931119.1.4&e=------189-en-20--61-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22football%22----1893-- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times November 19, 1893 4 October 17, 2017Another Victory for Them https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18931119.1.2&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-----1893-- Library of Virginia The Times November 19, 1893 2 October 17, 2017Randolph-Macon Wins https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18931119.1.5&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-----1893-- Library of Virginia The Richmond Dispatch November 19, 1893 5 October 17, 2017 Game summaries Emory and Henry VPI at Emory and Henry VPI E&H 0 0 6 0 October 21, 1893 Emory, Virginia 3:00 p.m. L. H. Carlock (E&H) On October 21, 1893, VAMC played football against Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia. VAMC lost 0–6 due to captain H. B. Wills "making a mistake of trying for a sensational field goal when we were gaining ten and twenty yards at every down and were within a few yards of the goal." The starting lineup for VAMC was: Porcher (left end), Johnson (left tackle), Stull (left guard), Sayers (center), Patrick (right guard), Wayland (right tackle), Dashiell (right end), Fraser (quarterback), Guignard (left halfback), Slaughter (right halfback), Wills (fullback). The starting lineup for Emory and Henry was: Taylor (left end), Chiddix (left tackle), Wiley (left guard), Buchanan (center), Peery (right guard), Vaught (right tackle), Johnson (right end), Wiley (quarterback), Collins (left halfback), Fraysor (right halfback), McNiel (fullback). Randolph–Macon Academy The second and final game of the season was against Randolph-Macon Academy in Bedford, Virginia on November 18, 1893. VAMC lost 6–34. However, two newspaper articles from the time list the score as 6–38, and 6–35. The starting lineup for VAMC was: Porcher (left end), Wayland (left tackle), Stull (left guard), Sayers (center), Patrick (right guard), Kerfoot (right tackle), Dashiell (right end), Robinson (quarterback), Harvey (left halfback), Friend (right halfback), Martin (fullback). The starting lineup for Randolph–Macon Academy was: Thomas (left end), Griffin (left tackle), Ramsey (left guard), Hurtt (center), Brown (right guard), Jones (right tackle), Allen (right end), Nettles (quarterback), Hunt (left halfback), Ragland (right halfback), Doll (fullback). Players The following players were members of the 1893 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/11372/1903_BUGLE.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y The Bugle 1903 1903 129 March 1, 2022 The roster is also found in the Virginia Tech University Archives.Virginia Tech http://spec.lib.vt.edu/arc/125th/sports/football.htm The Beginnings of Intercollegiate Football 2015-10-29 VAMC 1893 rosterQuarterbacks Samuel Sidney "Sid" Fraser John William Robinson Guards Nerbon Robert Patrick John Walter Stull Tackles M. C. Bond Howard Archer Johnson Edward Judson Kerfoot R. E. WaylandEnds Thomas Edward Dashiell Christopher Gadsden Porcher Halfbacks Charles Thomas Friend Christopher Gadsden Guignard Urban Harvey Robert Kyle Slaughter Fullback Tarpley Douglas MartinSubstitutes Solomon Vance Lovenstein (Capt.) Henry Davis Sayers B. H. Wills (Capt.) References VAMC Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons Category:College football winless seasons VAMC football