1903 VPI football team explained

Year:1903
Team:VPI
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:5–1
Head Coach:Charles Augustus Lueder
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Sally Miles
Stadium:Gibboney Field

The 1903 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1903 college football season. The team was led by head coach Charles Augustus Lueder and finished with a record of five wins and one loss (5–1).

Game summaries

North Carolina A&M

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Lykes (left end), J. H. Koon (left tackle), LeRoy Abernethy (left guard), Edgar Gaither (center), R. G. Wilson (right guard), V. L. Neal (right tackle), Joseph Gulley (right end), T. R. Buckley (quarterback), Ward Shannonhouse (left halfback), C. D. Welch (right halfback), Joseph Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: S. W. Asbury, Arthur Gregory, Fred Hadley and Charles Seifert.

Virginia

See also: 1903 Virginia Orange and Blue football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Hodgson (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Schaefer.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: George Hull (left end), David McColl (left tackle), James C. Elmer (left guard), Clyde R. Conner (center), William Spates (right guard), Walter Council (right tackle), Merritt Cooke Jr. (right end), John Beverly Pollard (quarterback), Wistar Heald (left halfback), Harry Wall (right halfback), Thomas Watkins (fullback). The substitutes were: George Zinn.

North Carolina

See also: 1903 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Hodgson.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Frank Foust (left end), J. Donnelly (left tackle), Perry (left guard), Roach Stewart (center), Charles Albright (right guard), George Jones (right tackle), Albert Lyman Cox (right end), Engle (quarterback), Green Berkeley (left halfback), J. E. Mann (right halfback), Addison Hester (fullback). The substitutes were: Wright.

Navy

See also: 1903 Navy Midshipmen football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback).

The starting lineup for Navy was: Douglas Howard (left end), Ronan Grady (left tackle), Henry Chambers (left guard), Albert Rees (center), Edson Oak (right guard), William Piersol (right tackle), Charles Soule (right end), John Wilcox (quarterback), Ralph Strassburger (left halfback), Jonathan Dowell (right halfback), William Halsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Clay and Reichmuth.

Players

The following players were members of the 1903 football team according to the roster published in the 1904 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[1]

Coaching and training staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1904. 1904. 2015-11-12.