1895 VAMC football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1895 VAMC football VAMC 1895 football team.jpg 285 Independent 4–2 Arlie C. Jones 1st J. Lewis Ingles Nerbon Robert Patrick Sheib Field 1896 The 1895 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1895 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Arlie C. Jones and finished with a record of four wins and two losses (4–2). Schedule October 5 4:12 p.m. l y Virginia Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA rivalry 0–36 300 Blacksburg Goes Down http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18951006.1.7&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895--# Library of Virginia The Times October 6, 1895 7 February 16, 2016Defeat Of The Agriculturalists https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/uva-lib:2072307 University of Virginia The Daily Progress October 7, 1895 1 February 22, 2022Tune Of 36 To 0 https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=CT18951012.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- Library of Virginia College Topics October 12, 1895 3 February 27, 2024 October 12 w St. Albans Lutheran Boys School Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA 12–0 600 A Great Game for Blacksburg https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18951013.1.19&e=-------en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia The Times October 13, 1895 19 October 24, 2017Foot Ball at Blacksburg http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18951013.1.15&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895-- Library of Virginia The Richmond Dispatch October 13, 1895 15 February 16, 2016 October 26 w y 1895 Washington and Lee Generals Washington and Lee University Athletic Park Lexington, VA 30–0 500 The Games on the Gridiron http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18951027.1.1&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895-- Library of Virginia The Times October 27, 1895 1 November 21, 2015A Splendid Game https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18951027.1.21&e=-------en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN------- Library of Virginia Richmond Dispatch October 27, 1895 21 October 24, 2017 November 9 4:45 p.m. w y Roanoke YMCA Roanoke Athletic Club Grounds Roanoke, VA 16–2 300 Football - Exciting Game Between the Roanoke Y.M.C.A. and V.A. and M.C. Teams http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18951110.1.1&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895-- Library of Virginia The Roanoke Daily Times November 10, 1895 1 November 21, 2015 November 16 4:00 p.m. l y North Carolina Latta Park Charlotte, NC 5–32 1,000 Blacksburg Defeated http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18951117.1.1&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895-- Library of Virginia The Times November 17, 1895 1 November 21, 2015We Win Again! https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1895-11-23/ed-1/seq-1/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Tar Heel November 23, 1895 1 February 21, 2022 November 28 11:30 a.m. w y VMI Lynchburg, VA rivalry 6–4 3,000 Great Game at Lynchburg http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18951129.1.2&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895--# Library of Virginia The Times November 29, 1895 2 November 21, 2015Blacksburg Victorious http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18951129.1.1&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1895--# Library of Virginia The Richmond Dispatch November 29, 1895 1 November 21, 2015 Game summaries Virginia VPI at Virginia VPI UVA 0 0 18 18 October 5, 1895 Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA 4:12 p.m. 300 Semple 1895 Virginia Orange and Blue football team On October 5, 1895, VAMC played their first game of the season against the University of Virginia at Madison Hall Field in Charlottesville, Virginia and lost 0–36. Virginia scored in the first five minutes of the game, with a rushing touchdown by quarterback Archie Hoxton. VAMC failed to get within 25 yards of the end zone during the entire game. The starting lineup for VAMC was: A. T. Eskridge (left end), Johnson (left tackle), James (left guard), Thomas (center), Patrick (right guard), Hart (right tackle), Davis (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), A. P. Eskridge (right halfback), Dashiell (fullback). The substitutes were: Wills. The starting lineup for Virginia was: Smith (left end), Eugene Davis (left tackle), R. N. Poindexter (left guard), Sturgess (center), U. M. Carwell (right guard), Wallace (right tackle), Hill (right end), Archie Hoxton (quarterback), Paul Cocke (left halfback), Robert Groner (right halfback), Richard S. Whaley (fullback). The substitutes were: Jesse Brinker. St. Albans St. Albans vs. VAMC St. Albans VAMC 0 0 0 12 October 12, 1895 Sheib FieldBlacksburg, VA 600 Missie VAMC played St. Albans Boys Lutheran School on October 12, 1895 and won 12–0 in front of 600 spectators. Neither team scored points in the first half, but VAMC scored two touchdowns in the second half, with T. D. Martin kicking two successful extra points. Washington and Lee VAMC played their third game of the season on October 26, 1895 against Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA with 500 in attendance. VAMC halfback A. P. Eskridge recorded a forty five-yard run and a touchdown, and halfback J. Lewis Ingles had an eighty five-yard touchdown run. The other touchdowns were scored by Miles Hart (2) and William Mayer. The starting lineup for VAMC was: Johnson (left end), James (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Patrick (right guard), Hart (right tackle), Watts (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), A. P. Eskridge (right halfback), Dashiell (fullback). The substitutes were: Wills. The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Mitchell (left end), Dice (left tackle), William Mason (left guard), Jay Oberlin (center), Carlock (right guard), James Cowan (right tackle), Lunsford (right end), Willis (quarterback), Albert Jenkins (left halfback), Henry Larrimore (right halfback), Barclay (fullback). Roanoke YMCA On November 9, 1895, VAMC played against the Roanoke YMCA on the Roanoke Athletic Club grounds in front of 300 people. VAMC scored a touchdown within the first ten minutes of play, and then on the next drive, VAMC turned the ball over on downs. Roanoke then passed the ball to their fullback Meade, who then attempted a failed dropkick. On the very next play, VAMC scored a rushing touchdown. VAMC then scored again six minutes into the second half. Roanoke was then able to drive down the field and made it to the four-yard line, but then their halfback S. Handy fumbled and it was recovered by VAMC. However, Roanoke YMCA was then able to record a safety, their only points of the game. The game was then called because of darkness, and VAMC won 16–2. The starting lineup for VAMC was: Johnson (left end), James (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Patrick (right guard), Hart (right tackle), Norfleet (right end), Martin (quarterback), A. P. Eskridge (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), Dashiell (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox and Wood. The starting lineup for Roanoke YMCA was: Obenshain (left end), W. Turner (left tackle), Nunan (left guard), M. W. Turner (center), Nelms (right guard), Bently (right tackle), Moss (right end), Duke (quarterback), S. Handy (left halfback), K, Handy (right halfback), Meade (fullback). North Carolina North Carolina vs. VAMC UNC VAMC 16 16 0 5 November 16, 1895 Latta ParkCharlotte, NC 4:00 p.m. 1,000 Adams 1895 North Carolina Tar Heels football team VAMC lost a second game on November 16, 1895 against the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina with 1,000 looking on. North Carolina scored three touchdowns in the first half and then scored two more touchdowns in the second half. VAMC then drove to North Carolina's three-yard line, but was stopped on downs. The final score was 5–32. The starting lineup for VAMC was: Johnson (left end), James (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Patrick (right guard), Hart (right tackle), Watts (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), A. P. Eskridge (right halfback), Dashiell (fullback). The substitutes were: Cunningham, Norfleet, Starke and Wills. The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Edwin Gregory (left end), Robert Wright (left tackle), Thomas Hurley (left guard), White (center), Harris T. Collier (right guard), Jim Baird (right tackle), Willie Merritt (right end), Benjamin Stanley (quarterback), George Stephens (left halfback), John Moore (right halfback), George Butler (fullback). The substitutes were: Sammy Strang, Robert Steele and Joel Whitaker. VMI VMI vs. VAMC VMI VAMC 4 0 0 6 November 28, 1895 Lynchburg, VA 11:30 a.m. 3,000 1895 VMI Keydets football team On November 28, 1895, VAMC played their final game of the season against the Virginia Military Institute in Lynchburg, Virginia in front 3,000 spectators. VMI was the first team to put points on the board, when their halfback Dickinson scored a rushing touchdown at the end of the first half. However, VAMC's Miles Hart was able to rush into the end zone for a touchdown and R. N. Watts kicked the extra point to win the game, 6–4. The starting lineup for VAMC was: Johnson (left end), James (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Patrick (right guard), Hart (right tackle), Watts (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), A. P. Eskridge (right halfback), Dashiell (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox, Herbert, Massie, Starke and Wills. The starting lineup for VMI was: Henry Shirley (left end), Alexander Moore (left tackle), Richard Poindexter (left guard), Peyton Locker (center), Morrell Mills (right guard), Charles Michel (right tackle), Sidney Moore (right end), Rose (quarterback), Richard Lawson (left halfback), Charles Dickinson (right halfback), William Twiggs (fullback). Players The following players were members of the 1895 football team according to the roster published in the 1896 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.Virginia Tech Bugle https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/11367/1896_BUGLE.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y The Bugle 1896 1896 March 1, 2022Virginia 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 VAMC 1895 rosterQuarterback Tarpley Douglas Martin Guards William Lawrence Mayer Nerbon Robert Patrick (Capt.) Tackles Miles Taylor Hart William Lewis James Center Sidney Johnson ThomasEnds William Kinckle Davis Howard Archer Johnson R. N. Watts Halfbacks Alexander Parker Eskridge J. Lewis Ingles (Capt.) Fullback Thomas Edward DashiellSubstitutes Samuel Guy Bralley William Franklin Cox Daniel Goode Cunningham Edward Henry Herbert Paul Judson Norfleet William Edwin Starke Obediah Francis Whitehurst Samuel Spotswood Wills John Hoge Woolwine Coaching and training staff Head coach: Arlie C. Jones Assistant coaches Joseph Massie Saunders Taylor Manager: Leslie D. Kline Local manager: Chas. M. Christian Medical adviser: William F. Henderson, MD References VAMC Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons VAMC football