1902 VPI football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1902 VPI football 1902 VPI football team.jpg 285 Independent 3–2–1 R. R. Brown 1st Hunter Carpenter Gibboney Field The 1902 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1902 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. R. Brown and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–2–1). Schedule October 13 3:00 p.m. l y 1902 Washington and Lee Generals Washington and Lee Fair Grounds Lynchburg, VA 0–6 The Game Postponed https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-10-12/ed-1/seq-9/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 12, 1902 9 March 22, 2022The "Techs" Downed https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-10-14/ed-1/seq-6/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 14, 1902 6 March 22, 2022Football https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024716/1902-10-15/ed-1/seq-3/ Library of Congress Lexington Gazette October 15, 1902 3 March 22, 2022W. & L. 6; V. P. I. 0 https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27485/RG39_RTP_19021018.pdff Washington and Lee University The Ring-tum Phi October 18, 1902 1 August 13, 2022 October 18 w North Carolina A&M Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 11–6 V.P.I. Defeats Tar-Heels https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-10-19/ed-1/seq-2/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch October 19, 1902 2 March 22, 2022On The Gridiron https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19021019.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 19, 1902 1 March 22, 2022 October 25 3:30 p.m. t y North Carolina Athletic Park Roanoke, VA 0–0 2,500–3,000 Both Failed to Score https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-10-26/ed-1/seq-14/ Library of Congress The Times October 26, 1902 14 March 22, 2022Football Was King https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TRT19021026.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Times October 26, 1902 5 March 22, 2022A Brilliant Game https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1902-11-01/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel November 1, 1902 1 March 22, 2022Both Drew Blanks https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92072955/1902-10-26/ed-1/seq-9/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Morning Post October 26, 1902 9 March 2, 2024No Score In N. C.-V. P. I. Game https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83045671/1902-10-26/ed-1/seq-3/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charlotte Daily Observer October 26, 1902 3 March 2, 2024 November 8 3:30 p.m. w Georgetown Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA 28–0 V.P.I's Easy Victory https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-11-09/ed-1/seq-21/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch November 9, 1902 21 March 22, 2022Georgetown Shut Out https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1902-11-10/ed-1/seq-9/ Library of Congress The Evening Star November 10, 1902 9 March 22, 2022 November 15 4:00 p.m. l y Virginia Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 0–6 1,000 'Varsity Defeats Blacksburg Cadets https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-11-16/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times November 16, 1902 1 March 22, 2022Council Made Touchdown https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2083374 University of Virginia The Daily Progress November 17, 1902 1 March 22, 2022"Tecks" Go Down https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-11-16/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch November 16, 1902 1 March 22, 2022Blacksburg Goes Down https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=cDbf6tmpeSoC&dat=19021119&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Cavalier Daily November 19, 1902 1 November 11, 2022 November 27 2:30 p.m. w y VMI Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA rivalry 50–5 6,000 V.P.I. Outclasses V.M.I. at Norfolk https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1902-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress The Times November 28, 1902 1 March 22, 2022Easy for the V.P.I. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1902-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/ Library of Congress Richmond Dispatch November 28, 1902 1 March 22, 2022 Before the season The 1901 VPI football team compiled a 6–1 record and were led by A. B. Morrison Jr. in his only season as head coach. Game summaries Washington and Lee Washington & Lee vs. VPI W&L VPI 0 6 0 0 October 13, 1902 Fair GroundsLynchburg, VA 3:00 p.m. The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Lewis (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Counselman (right tackle), Glenn (right end), Campbell (quarterback), Syke (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Miles (fullback). The substitutes were: Ogburn, Palmer, Robins, and Walsh. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: A. McD. Smith (left end), Charles McNeill (left tackle), James Sterrett (left guard), Thomas Stone (center), Lonnie Howell (right guard), Americus Trundle (right tackle), George Ross (right end), M. B. Marshall (quarterback), Malcolm Campbell (left halfback), George Haw (right halfback), James Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: Edward Dawson, Frank Dotson, Hugh Harle, Garrett Judy, Argyle Smiley and Arthur Tabb. North Carolina A&M North Carolina A&M vs. VPI NC A&M VPI 6 0 5 6 October 18, 1902 Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA R. R. Brown 1902 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team After their loss to Washington and Lee, VPI played the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Gibboney Field. The starting lineup for VPI was: Miler (left end), Blair (left tackle), McCulloch (left guard), Stiles (center), Wilson (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Robins (right end), Sykes (quarterback), Campbell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Ware. The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Tucker (left end), Oliver Max Gardner (left tackle), Beebe (left guard), Fred Hadley (center), LeRoy Abernethy (right guard), V. L. Neal (right tackle), Joseph Gulley (right end), Walter Darden (quarterback), Ward Shannonhouse (left halfback), C. D. Welch (right halfback), Roberson (fullback). North Carolina North Carolina vs. VPI UNC VPI 0 0 0 0 October 25, 1902 Athletic ParkRoanoke, VA 3:30 p.m. 2,500–3,000 "very warm" Bill Armstrong 1902 North Carolina Tar Heels football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Blair (left tackle), Wilson (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Ware (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Brent, Robins, Sykes, Tinsley and Walsh. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: William Fisher (left end), Frank Foust (left tackle), J. Donnelly (left guard), Roach Stewart (center), Newton Farlow (right guard), George Jones (right tackle), Newman Townsend (right end), Louis Graves (quarterback), J. E. Mann (left halfback), William Jacocks (right halfback), Engle (fullback). The substitutes were: William Carr, Marshall Glenn, Earle Holt, Harry Jones, Sprunt Newton, Olcott and Wade Oldham. Georgetown Georgetown vs. VPI Georgetown VPI 0 0 16 12 November 8, 1902 Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA 3:30 p.m. M. J. Thompson (Georgetown) 1902 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Willson (left tackle), Garber (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Tinsley. The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Preston Edmonston (left end), Murray Russell (left tackle), Alexander Rorke (left guard), Percy Given (center), Matt Mahoney (right guard), Joe Seitz (right tackle), Sam Edmonston (right end), Tommy Buckley (quarterback), Joe Reilly (left halfback), Hub Hart (right halfback), Tom Hardesty (fullback). The substitutes were: Ray Abbaticchio and Joe Devlin. Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 0 6 0 November 15, 1902 Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA 4:00 p.m. 1,000 Baird 1902 Virginia Orange and Blue football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Willson (left tackle), Garber (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Blair (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Miles. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Edward Daniel (left end), Henry Johnson (left tackle), Augustus Houston (left guard), Nathan Bachman (center), William Spates (right guard), Walter Council (right tackle), Thomas Bronston (right end), John Beverly Pollard (quarterback), Karl Pritchard (left halfback), Marshall Hall (right halfback), Franklin Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Wistar Heald and Harry Wall. VMI 1902 VMI Keydets football team The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Grayhill (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The starting lineup for VMI was: William Couper (left end), Stephen Pace (left tackle), Jefferson Sinclair (left guard), Sidney Lee (center), Lewis Leftwich (right guard), Ralph DeVoe (right tackle), Marshall Milton (right end), George Dewey (quarterback), John Paul (left halfback), Ralph Claggett (right halfback), Edward Johnson (fullback). The substitutes were: R. Johnson. Players The following players were members of the 1902 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf The Bugle 1903 1903 131 2015-11-11 VPI 1902 rosterQuarterback Charles Edgar Bear Guards John Graber McCullough Tackles William Leonard Blair Sally Miles George Cralle Willson Center Joseph Clay StilesEnds Creighton Childs Campbell Miller Wilmer Nelson Robins Joe Ware Halfbacks Clarence Byrd Hunter Carpenter (Capt.) Fullback John CounselmanSubstitutes Thomas Newton Brent William Rowzie Crute John Wilson Glenn Archer Phlegar Graybill Thomas Walker Lewis Alpheus Cabell Ogburn, Jr. Palmer G. Sykes Robert Bruce Tinsley Walsh Coaching and training staff Head coach: R. R. Brown Manager: Guy Aubrey Chalkley Assistant manager: Frank Marshall Yost See also 1902 College Football All-Southern Team References VPI Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VPI football