1900 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1900 VPI football Independent 3–3–1 Eugene Davis 1st John Brabson Huffard Sheib Field The 1900 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1900 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Eugene Davis and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–3–1). Hunter Carpenter used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.Virginia Sports Hall of Fame http://vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=25 Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile 2009-03-25 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914220858/http://www.vshfm.com/inductees/inductee_details.php?inducteeID=25 2015-09-14 dead Virginia Tech http://www.hokiesports.com/football/history.html The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech 2009-03-25 It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve. Schedule October 6 w St. Albans Lutheran Boys School Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA 23–0 St. Albans Beaten https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-10-07/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress The Richmond Dispatch October 7, 1900 18 March 27, 2022V.P.I., 23; St. Albans, 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-10-07/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times October 7, 1900 2 March 27, 2022 October 20 w y St. Albans Lutheran Boys School Radford, VA 16–6 A Plucky Game https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-10-21/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress The Richmond Dispatch October 21, 1900 18 March 27, 2022The Cadets Win https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19001021.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 21, 1900 1 March 27, 2022 October 26 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina A&M State Fairgrounds Raleigh, NC 18–2 10,000 Virginia Boys Win https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92072955/1900-10-27/ed-1/seq-5/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Morning Post October 27, 1900 5 March 1, 2024 October 27 3:45 p.m. t y North Carolina Campus Athletic Field (II) Chapel Hill, NC 0–0 N.C. University, 0; V.P.I., 0 https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T19001028.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times October 28, 1900 2 October 15, 2017The State University https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071779/1900-10-31/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress The Virginian-Pilot October 31, 1900 7 February 8, 2022Nothing To Nothing https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1900-10-31/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel October 31, 1900 1 February 21, 2022 November 14 l y Virginia Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 5–17 'Varsity Downs Polytechnics https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T19001115.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times November 15, 1900 2 October 15, 2017The Virginias Defeat Blacksburg Team by 17 to 5 https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=VP19001115.1.11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Virginian-Pilot November 15, 1900 11 October 15, 2017Blacksburg is Defeated https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2079581 University of Virginia The Daily Progress November 15, 1900 1 February 23, 2022Virginia 17_V.P.I. 5. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=CT19001117.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia College Topics November 17, 1900 1 February 27, 2024 November 24 4:00 p.m. l y Clemson Latta Park Charlotte, NC 5–12 Clemson Defeats Blacksburg https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045671/1900-11-25/ed-1/seq-6/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charlotte Daily Observer November 25, 1900 6 March 1, 2024 November 29 3:00 p.m. l y VMI Athletic Park Roanoke, VA rivalry 0–5 3,500-4,000 V.M.I. 4; V.P.I. 0 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071779/1900-11-30/ed-1/seq-6/ Library of Congress The Virginian-Pilot November 30, 1900 6 February 8, 2022Two Cadet Teams https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-11-29/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times November 29, 1900 2 February 8, 2022The V.M.I. Won https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-11-30/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress The Richmond Dispatch November 30, 1900 5 February 8, 2022 Original schedule The 1900 football schedule for VPI listed on October 7 in The Times was as follows:Blacksburg Eleven https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-10-07/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times October 7, 1900 2 February 8, 2022 October 6 – St. Albans in Blacksburg, Virginia (played on this date) October 13 – Roanoke in Salem, Virginia (game was not played) October 20 – St. Albans in Radford, Virginia (played on this date) October 24 – North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (game was moved to October 27) October 26 – North Carolina A&M in Raleigh, North Carolina (game was moved to October 25) November 3 – Richmond in Richmond, Virginia (game was not played)Football Game Off https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-11-03/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times November 3, 1900 2 February 9, 2022 November 10 – Guilford in Blacksburg (game was not played) November 24 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (game was not played) November 29 – VMI in either Roanoke, Virginia (listed on the VPI schedule) or Norfolk, Virginia (listed on the VMI schedule)Promising Year for Football https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-10-07/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress The Times October 7, 1900 2 February 8, 2022 (played on this date in Roanoke). On October 30, VPI informed VMI that they refused to play in Norfolk. VMI offered to increase VPI's percentage of ticket sales or pay for travel expenses, but VPI declined and the game was called off temporarily.Virginia vs. Carolina... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071779/1900-11-18/ed-1/seq-10/ Library of Congress The Virginian-Pilot November 18, 1900 10 February 8, 2022 VMI eventually acceded to VPI's demands and moved the game to Roanoke.Warren G. Lindsay Dead https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-11-23/ed-1/seq-3/ Library of Congress The Richmond Dispatch November 23, 1900 3 February 8, 2022 According to the article, VPI also planned on scheduling games with Maryland and Tennessee, but neither game occurred. The Virginia game was initially scheduled to be played in Blacksburg, but was ultimately played in Charlottesville, Virginia. On October 9, 1900 The Richmond Dispatch listed a different schedule.Blacksburg Foot-Ball Schedule https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-10-09/ed-1/seq-7/ Library of Congress The Richmond Dispatch October 9, 1900 7 February 9, 2022 The differences were: The schedule listed October 13 as "open", instead of against Roanoke. The schedule correctly listed the North Carolina game on October 27, instead of October 24. The schedule listed the Virginia game for November 7 (this game was eventually played on November 14). The schedule listed a Tennessee game for November 14 that was "being arranged" (this game was not played). According to the article, VPI also planned on pursuing games with Randolph–Macon, William & Mary, Georgetown, Hampden–Sydney, and Southern Business College. However, none of these games were scheduled. Before the season The 1899 VPI football team compiled a 4–1 record and were led by James Morrison in his only season as head coach. Game summaries St. Albans (first game) VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Sheib Field. St. Albans (second game) North Carolina A&M VPI at North Carolina A&M VPI NC A&M 12 6 2 0 October 26, 1900 State FairgroundsRaleigh, NC 3:00 p.m. 10,000 "pleasant" Perrin Busbee 1900 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverley, Counselman and Moffett. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: McCanless (left end), Turner (left tackle), Bowden (left guard), Grimsley (center), Oliver Max Gardner (right guard), Wright (right tackle), John McKinnon (right end), Worth (quarterback), Lewis Lougee (left halfback), Welch (right halfback), Dalton (fullback). The substitutes were: Carpenter, Davis, Jesse Liles, Thompson and Wootten. North Carolina VPI at North Carolina VPI UNC 0 0 0 0 October 27, 1900 Campus Athletic Field (II)Chapel Hill, NC 3:45 p.m. Meade 1900 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback). The starting lineup for North Carolina was: William Smathers (left end), Frank Foust (left tackle), Frank Rankin (left guard), Walter Council (center), Tod Brem (right guard), Frank Bennett (right tackle), Frank M. Osborne (right end), Metrah Makeley (quarterback), A. Ramsey Berkeley (left halfback), Jim MacRae (right halfback), Ernest Graves Sr. (fullback). The substitutes were: C. J. Ebbs. Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 5 0 6 11 November 14, 1900 Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA H. D. Waters (UVA) 1900 Virginia Orange and Blue football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Cox (right guard), Abbott (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The starting lineup for Virginia was: Alexis Hobson (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Frank Harris (left guard), George Montgomery (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), Christie Benet (right tackle), James Bride (right end), Brodie Nalle (quarterback), Virginius Dabney (left halfback), Robert Coleman (right halfback), Bradley Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: William Choice and Mulford. Clemson Clemson vs. VPI Clemson VPI 6 6 5 0 November 24, 1900 Latta ParkCharlotte, NC 4:00 p.m. Beard 1900 Clemson Tigers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The starting lineup for Clemson was: C. A. Bellows (left end), Joe Duckworth (left tackle), A. P. George (left guard), John Kinsler (center), Jack Woodward (right guard), Norman Walker (right tackle), James Lynah (right end), Gus Lewis (quarterback), William Forsythe (left halfback), M. N. Buster Hunter (right halfback), Claude Douthit (fullback). VMI 1900 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverly, Blair, Gill, Miles, Miller, Sayers, Styles and Ware. The starting lineup for VMI was: Beverley Tucker (left end), George C. Marshall (left tackle), Ira Johnson (left guard), Jesse Wright (center), William Smiley (right guard), Earl Biscoe (right tackle), Jennings Wise (right end), Charles Roller (quarterback), Calvert McCabe (left halfback), Andrew Rawn (right halfback), Todd Kirk (fullback). The substitutes were: Ralph Claggett, Morgan Hudgins, Edward Johnson, Sydney Lee, Saint Julien Marshall, Edwin Martin, Marshall Milton and Victor Perry. Players The following players were members of the 1900 football team according to the roster published in the 1901 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1901/1901_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1901 146 1901 2015-11-10Virginia Tech Bugle http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1903 1903 131 2015-11-10 VPI 1900 rosterQuarterback Kit DeCamps Guards Alvin Lee Abbott Robert William Carper Tackles W. F. Cox Hub McCormick Center Joseph Clyde SteeleEnds Lindsay Louin Jewell William Stuart Moffett Halfbacks Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard (Capt.) Fullback Hunter CarpenterSubstitutes Robert Bland Beverley John Counselman David Franklin Gill Sally Miles Carter Clarke Osterbind Anderson Howard Sayers Joseph Clay Stiles Coaching and training staff Head coach: Eugene Davis Manager: Ferdinand Powell Assistant manager: John McCoy Sample References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI football