1917 VPI Gobblers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1917 VPI Gobblers football South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association SAIAA 6–2–1 2–1–1 Charles Bernier 1st Harry Temple Parrish Miles Field The 1917 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1917 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1). Schedule October 6 w y 1917 Hampden–Sydney Tigers Hampden–Sydney Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 12–0 Hampden-Sidney Loses Great Battle To V. P. I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-10-07/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 7, 1917 29 March 9, 2022 October 13 w y 1917 Emory and Henry Wasps Emory and Henry Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 59–6 Tech Players Run Wild https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-10-14/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 14, 1917 27 March 9, 2022 October 20 w Davidson Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 13–7 Godsey Win For Techs https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-10-21/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 21, 1917 25 March 9, 2022Davidson Loses Hard-Fought Game https://library.davidson.edu/archives/davidsonian/PDFs/19171024.pdf Davidson College The Davidsonian October 24, 1917 1 March 9, 2022 October 27 3:00 p.m. l y Georgetown Georgetown Field Washington, DC 0–28 Georgetown Beats V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-10-28/ed-1/seq-25/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch October 28, 1917 25 March 9, 2022Hilltops Beat Virginia Polys https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1917-10-28/ed-1/seq-12/ Library of Congress The Washington Herald October 28, 1917 12 March 9, 2022Cody Won't Appear In Hilltop Eleven Against Visitors https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1917-10-26/ed-1/seq-18/ Library of Congress The Washington Times October 26, 1917 18 March 9, 2022 November 3 w y Wake Forest Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 50–0 Virginia Tech Eleven Wins From Wake Forest https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-11-04/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 4, 1917 27 March 9, 2022Virginia Tech Defeats Wake Forest Eleven https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/3240 Wake Forest University Old Gold & Black November 10, 1917 1 March 9, 2022 November 10 l y y West Virginia League Park Huntington, WV rivalry 3–27 4,000 Techs Are Defeated https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-11-11/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 11, 1917 27 March 9, 2022 November 17 2:30 p.m. t y North Carolina A&M League Park Norfolk, VA 7–7 3,500 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-virginian-pilot-tech-and-tar-heels-p/150736684/ The Virginian-Pilot Tech and Tar Heels play tie November 18, 1917 July 5, 2024 Newspapers.comSouth Will See Big Gridiron Contests https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19171117.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 17, 1917 2 March 9, 2022Techs and Aggies Tie https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-11-18/ed-1/seq-27/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 18, 1917 27 March 9, 2022 November 24 w y 1917 Roanoke Maroons Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA 70–0 Techs Score At Will https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-11-25/ed-1/seq-29/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 25, 1917 29 March 9, 2022Roanoke College Walloped By V.P.I. https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19171126.1.17&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 26, 1917 17 March 9, 2022 November 29 2:45 p.m. w y VMI Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA rivalry 6–0 Roanoke Alive With Visitors For Big Annual Football Battle Between Techs and Cadets Today https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19171129.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 29, 1917 1 March 9, 2022Virginia Techs Victors Over Lexington Cadets https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1917-11-30/ed-1/seq-5/ Library of Congress Richmond Times-Dispatch November 30, 1917 5 March 9, 2022Techs Victors Over Cadets Yesterday https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TWN19171130.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The World News November 30, 1917 2 March 9, 2022 Before the season The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7–2 record and were led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only season as head coach. Game summaries Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI HS VPI 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 October 6, 1917 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Denny (Davidson) VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Hampden–Sydney at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), McNeil (left guard), Currie (center), Young (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Peyton (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Lester, B. Parrish, D. Roden, Wiegel and Willis. The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Walter Aylor (left end), T. Scott (left tackle), J. W. Hogshead (left guard), R. G. Fergusson (center), Henry Allen (right guard), Ernest Herzig (right tackle), R. D. Warren (right end), Johns (quarterback), James Graham (left halfback), Thomas Parrish (right halfback), James Warren (fullback). The substitutes were: Henry Rolston. Emory and Henry After their victory over Hampden–Sydney, VPI played Emory and Henry University at Miles Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Powers (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), McNeil (left guard), Currie (center), Lester (right guard), Rangely (right tackle), D. Roden (right end), Bock (quarterback), Wiegel (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Crisp (fullback). The substitutes were: Charles, Godsey, Hardwick, Lybrook, Matthews, Mckann, Miller, Robinson, Thornton, Ward, Wills, Yates and Young. The starting lineup for Emory and Henry was: Rowe (left end), Enright (left tackle), Morris (left guard), Lotspiech (center), Anderson (right guard), D. Tilson (right tackle), Terry (right end), Pedie Jackson (quarterback), French (left halfback), Havter (right halfback), W. Tilson (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes and Long. Davidson Davidson vs. VPI Davidson VPI 0 0 0 7 0 0 6 7 October 20, 1917 Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA Marshall (Maine) 1917 Davidson Wildcats football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), McNeil (left guard), Currie (center), Younger (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Lester (right end), Lybrook (quarterback), Wiegel (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Miller, Peyton, D. Roden and E. Roden. The starting lineup for Davidson was: George M. King (left end), John Shaw (left tackle), John McMaster (left guard), William Crouch (center), J. D. Elliott (right guard), H. M. Grey (right tackle), Robert Richardson (right end), John McAlister (quarterback), George Crouch (left halfback), Buck Flowers (right halfback), Alvin Burns (fullback). The substitutes were: Clark, Harris, Lacy McAlister, George Miley, Birchie Romefelt and Henry Spann. Georgetown VPI at Georgetown VPI Georgetown 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 October 27, 1917 Georgetown FieldWashington, DC 3:00 p.m. Lieut. Dubois (Ottawa) 1917 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), McNeil (left guard), Currie (center), Lester (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Peyton (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Rangely, D. Roden and Yates. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Eddie Connell (left end), Dan Ahern (left tackle), William Dudack (left guard), Jack Heaply (center), Bob Zuger (right guard), Metzger Smeach (right tackle), Thomas Whelan (right end), Jackie Maloney (quarterback), Johnny Gilroy (left halfback), Johnny McQuade (right halfback), Pat Dugan (fullback). Wake Forest 1917 Wake Forest Baptists football team The starting lineup for VPI was: D. Roden (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), Yates (left guard), Currie (center), Rangely (right guard), McNeil (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Peyton (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Crisp (fullback). The substitutes were: Bock, Eldridge, Godsey, Hitchens, Lybrook, Miller, Thornton and Will. The starting lineup for Wake Forest was: H. Bowers (left end), Gay (left tackle), Jabez Williams (left guard), Blankenship (center), Tatum (right guard), Felix Blanchard (right tackle), William Savage (right end), Ashley Pace (quarterback), Harry Rabenhorst (left halfback), John Pace (right halfback), Phinehas Croom (fullback). The substitutes were: C. F. Gooch and J. A. McKaughan. West Virginia 1917 West Virginia Mountaineers football team The starting lineup for VPI was: D. Roden (left end), McNeil (left tackle), Lester (left guard), Currie (center), Rangely (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Bock (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Miller, Peyton and Will. The starting lineup for West Virginia was: Paul Hager (left end), Harry Curry (left tackle), McCue (left guard), Russ Bailey (center), Russ Meredith (right guard), Frank Ice (right tackle), Mills (right end), Harris (quarterback), Rip King (left halfback), Howard Lentz (right halfback), Ira Rodgers (fullback). The substitutes were: Calvert, Dorsey and Lewis. North Carolina A&M North Carolina A&M vs. VPI NC A&M VPI 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 November 17, 1917 League ParkNorfolk, VA 2:30 p.m. 3,500 Pat Barry (Georgetown) 1917 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team The starting lineup for VPI was: D. Roden (left end), McNeil (left tackle), Lester (left guard), Currie (center), Rangely (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Bock (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Peyton. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: James Black (left end), Solomon Homewood (left tackle), John Ripple (left guard), William Whitaker (center), William Wagner (right guard), Jew Wagoner (right tackle), Andrew McMurray (right end), Dick Gurley (quarterback), John Faucette (left halfback), John Hudson (right halfback), George Murray (fullback). Roanoke The starting lineup for VPI was: D. Roden (left end), McNeil (left tackle), Yates (left guard), Miller (center), Hitchens (right guard), Rangely (right tackle), Thornton (right end), Lybrook (quarterback), Bock (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Crisp (fullback). The starting lineup for Roanoke was: W. Atkinson (left end), B. D. Painter (left tackle), B. A. Barringer (left guard), W. D. Hull (center), Frank Cadwallader (right guard), A. M. Groseclose (right tackle), C. E. Beach (right end), S. White Rhyne (quarterback), Douglas Chapman (left halfback), P. B. Smith (right halfback), C. M. Moyer (fullback). VMI VMI vs. VPI VMI VPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 November 29, 1917 Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA 2:45 p.m. A. G. Lankford (Trinity) 1917 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: D. Roden (left end), H. Parrish (left tackle), McNeil (left guard), Currie (center), Lester (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Younger (right end), E. Roden (quarterback), Bock (left halfback), Benner (right halfback), Godsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Peyton. The starting lineup for VMI was: Peyton Marshall (left end), W. Goodman (left tackle), Lawrence Mantor (left guard), Frederick Knapp (center), William Addison (right guard), R. Thomas (right tackle), Crusselle Woodward (right end), Samuel Witt (quarterback), T. Smith (left halfback), Jimmy Leech (right halfback), Richard Dickson (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson and Horace Roberdeau. After the season In December 1917, the VPI players elected William L. Younger as captain of the 1918 VPI Gobblers football team."Monk" Younger to Captain Tech Team https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=RIV19171214.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------- Library of Virginia The Richmond Virginian December 14, 1917 5 May 5, 2026 Players Roster VPI 1917 rosterQuarterback William Lybrook Guards Henry Lester Walter Rangely Tackles Hank Crisp Guy McNeil Harry Parrish (Capt.) Center Ralph Currie Ends Edwin Roden William L. YoungerHalfbacks John Benner Eugene Bock Philip Peyton Fullback Robert Godsey Substitutes John Franklin Chapman Charles Eldridge James Thomas Hardwick Hitchens Matthews Mckann Victor Henry Miller B. Parrish John Temple Powers Robinson H. Douglas Roden Robert W. Thornton Ward Wiegel Mathew Philip Will Willis Wills Harry Robert Yates Young Monogram Club members Fourteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1917 VPI team. Player Hometown Notes John Rueben Benner Eugene Darrington Bock Hank Crisp Crisp, North Carolina Ralph Purlius Currie Robert Darlin Godsey Henry Claybrook Lester William Murry Lybrook Blacksburg, Virginia Guy Eugene McNeil Harry Temple Parrish Bristol, Virginia Philip Aylett Peyton Walter Weiss Rangely Edwin Lee Roden Richmond, Virginia Harry Douglas Roden Richmond, Virginia William Lee Younger Lynchburg, Virginia Coaching and training staff Head coach: Charles A. Bernier Manager: William Reid Williams, Jr. Assistant managers Fleet Bond Neighbours Harry Luck Rosenbaum References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI Gobblers football