1918 VPI Gobblers football team
1918 VPI Gobblers football | |
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SAIAA champion | |
Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1918 record | 7–0 (4–0 SAIAA) |
Head coach | Charles Bernier (2nd year) |
Captain |
Hank Crisp Harry Douglas Roden William Lee Younger |
Home stadium | Miles Field |
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Maryland State | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NC State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's (MD) | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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North Carolina | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Washington and Lee | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1918 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1918 college football season. Led by second year head coach Charles Bernier, the team went 7–0 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.[1] The season was considered the best in VPI's history at the time.[2] They did not win seven straight games again until 1967.[3]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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October 19, 1918 | Belmont Athletic Club* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 30–0 | - | |||||
October 26, 1918 | Camp Humphreys* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 33–6 | - | |||||
November 2, 1918 | 2:30pm[4] | vs. Washington and Lee | Fair Grounds[4] • Roanoke, VA | W 13–0 | - | ||||
November 9, 1918 | Wake Forest* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 27–0 | - | |||||
November 16, 1918 | vs. North Carolina State | Norfolk, VA | W 25–0 | - | |||||
November 23, 1918 | at North Carolina Club | Chapel Hill, NC | W 18–7 | - | |||||
November 28, 1918 | 3:00pm[5] | vs. VMI | Fair Grounds[5] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) | W 6–0 | 2,500[2] | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1918 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]
Players
The following players were members of the 1918 football team according to the roster published in the 1919 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]
VPI 1918 roster | ||||||||
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Quarterback
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Ends
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Fullback
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References
- ↑ Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association,College Football Data Warehouse
- 1 2 "V.M.I. Goes Down in Defeat Before the V.P.I. Eleven". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 29, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ↑ Bob Boyles. 50 Years of College Football. p. 225.
- 1 2 ""Generals" Clash With "Gobblers" at Fair Grounds". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 2, 1918. p. 7. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- 1 2 "Rain Fails to Dampen The Football Spirit". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 28, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1918–1919". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 13, 2015.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1919" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1919. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
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