1906 VPI football team explained

Year:1906
Team:VPI
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:5–2–2
Head Coach:Sally Miles
Hc Year:2nd
Captain:James A. Nutter
Stadium:Gibboney Field

The 1906 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1906 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Sally Miles and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and two ties (5–2–2).

Game summaries

William & Mary (First Game)

The starting lineup for VPI was: Grant (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Bonner (right guard), Garnett (right tackle), Worthington (right end), Montague (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Hodgson (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

The starting lineup for William & Mary was: Dade (left end), George Hankins (left tackle), James Kirkmyer (left guard), C. Hall (center), G. A. B. Dovell (right guard), Robert Strong (right tackle), Grant (right end), G. A. Dovell (quarterback), Somers (left halfback), George Ferguson (right halfback), Henry Carter (fullback).

North Carolina

See also: 1906 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Grant (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Garnett (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Worthington (right end), Treadwell (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Bouman (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Hodgson.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: James Davis (left end), Snowden Singletary (left tackle), Earle Thompson (left guard), George Rogers (center), James Morrow (right guard), John Thompson (right tackle), Wiley Pittman (right end), Joseph Mann (quarterback), Thomas McNeill (left halfback), Lucius Dunlap (right halfback), Romy Story (fullback).

Roanoke

The starting lineup for VPI was: Noland (left end), Kirk (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Goodwin (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Varner (right end), E. M. Wilson (quarterback), Diffendal (left halfback), Nutter (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Bahen and Lawson.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Frey (left end), Stair (left tackle), Engleby (left guard), Sayers (center), Morton (right guard), Conther (right tackle), Tainy (right end), Link (quarterback), F. H. Hansbarger (left halfback), Bowers (right halfback), Kelly (fullback).

Bucknell

The starting lineup for VPI was: Noland (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Goodwin (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Nutter (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Hodgson.

The starting lineup for Bucknell was: Ralph Winegardner (left end), Marion Sayre (left tackle), William Hawk (left guard), Charles O'Brien (center), Percy Shade (right guard), Girton Lenhart (right tackle), James Hayes (right end), Chester Niple (quarterback), Arthur McNinch (left halfback), Charles Baldwin (right halfback), Clark (fullback).

Davidson

See also: 1906 Davidson football team. The VPI-Davidson game was originally scheduled to be played in Roanoke, Virginia, but was moved to Lynchburg, Virginia at the request of VPI.[1]

The starting lineup for VPI was: Worthington (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Goodwin (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Nutter (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

The starting lineup for Davidson was: Sadler (left end), John Walker (left tackle), Lentz (left guard), Norman B. Edgerton (center), Whitaker (right guard), Spicer (right tackle), J. Benedict Huntington (right end), Elliott (quarterback), Robert Denny (left halfback), George Miller (right halfback), McCoy (fullback).

Navy

See also: 1906 Navy Midshipmen football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Worthington (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Goodwin (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Hodgson (left halfback), Nutter (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Stiles.

The starting lineup for Navy was: Richard Bernard (left end), Percy Northcroft (left tackle), George Meyer (left guard), Frank Slingluff Jr. (center), Percy Wright (right guard), William Piersol (right tackle), Bill Dague (right end), Homer Norton (quarterback), A. H. Douglas (left halfback), Herbert Spencer (right halfback), Jonas H. Ingram (fullback). The substitutes were: Harold Boynton, Harris, Frank Leighton and Cary Magruder.

North Carolina A&M

The starting lineup for VPI was: Worthington (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Cunningham (left guard), Johnson (center), Goodwin (right guard), Branch (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Hodgson (left halfback), Nutter (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Treadwell.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Edwards (left end), Strayer (left tackle), Perkins (left guard), W. T. Temple (center), Vance Sykes (right guard), H. Beebe (right tackle), Samuel Stephens (right end), Eskridge (quarterback), Frank Thompson (left halfback), Arthur Wilson (right halfback), John Shuford (fullback). The substitutes were: A. E. Abernethy and L. C. Drake.

Players

The following players were members of the 1906 football team according to the roster published in the 1907 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[2]

Coaching and training staff

Notes and References

  1. News: To Transfer Football Game. Library of Congress. The Washington Herald. October 24, 1906. 7. March 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1907. 1907. 2015-11-17.