1907 VPI football team explained

Year:1907
Team:VPI
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:7–2
Head Coach:Bob Williams
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Charles Edward Diffendal
Stadium:Gibboney Field

The 1907 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1907 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Bob Williams and finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2).

Game summaries

Roanoke

The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), H. Jones (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Breckenridge (right tackle), Varner (right end), Wilson (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), W. Jones (right halfback), B. Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Alder, Billups, Brown, Cooper, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks, V. Hodgson, James, J. Jones, Lane, Pritchard, Sheppard, Watkins and Wilkinson.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Gochenhouer (left end), Engleby (left tackle), Morton (left guard), Sayers (center), Carpenter (right guard), Price (right tackle), Fray (right end), Bowers (quarterback), Grewbill (left halfback), Taney (right halfback), Kelly (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson and Schreckhiser.

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Smith (right tackle), Varner (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), W. Jones (left halfback), Luttrell (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Hiram Dow (left end), H. M. White (left tackle), William Pipes (left guard), James Larrick (center), Richard Morales (right guard), Cleon Osbourn (right tackle), Roland Waddill (right end), L. W. Wilson (quarterback), C. W. Streit (left halfback), Edward Brown (right halfback), Edwin Alderson (fullback). The substitutes were: Henry Smartt.

Davidson

See also: 1907 Davidson football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), Varner (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), V. Hodgson (right halfback), Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Billups, Brown, Cooper, Evans, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks and W. Jones.

The starting lineup for Davidson was: DeWitt Kluttz (left end), W. R. Moore (left tackle), John Axford (left guard), Norman B. Edgerton (center), Daniels (right guard), LeRoy Dunn (right tackle), Wilkinson (right end), Elliott (quarterback), Clarence Clark (left halfback), Robert Denny (right halfback), William Morton (fullback). The substitutes were: John James and Tom Warlick.

Georgetown

See also: 1907 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), B. Smith (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), V. Hodgson (right halfback), Diffendal (fullback). The substitutes were: Billups, Cooper, Gravely and Hicks.

The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Gerhard Simon (left end), Murray (left tackle), W. G. Todd (left guard), Larry Cullen (center), Eddie Scott (right guard), Herb Munhall (right tackle), Eddie Miller (right end), Jim Cohen (quarterback), E. T. Thompson (left halfback), Edmund Fitzgerald (right halfback), George Dutcher (fullback). The substitutes were: Tom Stewart.

VMI

See also: 1907 VMI Keydets football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), McMillan (left tackle), Brown (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), Gravely (fullback). The substitutes were: Breckenridge, Cooper, Diffendal, V. Hodgson and B. Smith.

The starting lineup for VMI was: William Poague (left end), John Fray (left tackle), Henry Poague (left guard), Edward Hancock (center), George Wickham (right guard), William Biedler (right tackle), George Ward (right end), John Doyle (quarterback), Robert Massie (left halfback), Porter (right halfback), George MacLean (fullback). The substitutes were: George Alexander, Richard Clemmer, R. Davant, Donald McMillen, John Minton and H. Pattison.

George Washington

See also: 1907 George Washington Hatchetites football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Cooper (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).

The starting lineup for George Washington was: James Gunning (left end), John Whitehead (left tackle), Royal Alston (left guard), John Baker (center), Patrick Holmes (right guard), Walter Sommers (right tackle), John Brooks (right end), Harry Pearce (quarterback), Edgar Hough (left halfback), Tullas (right halfback), Aubrey Witten (fullback). The substitutes were: Coudon, Phillip Hooten, William Kemeys and Herbert White.

Navy

See also: 1907 Navy Midshipmen football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), J. Jones (right end), Cooper (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Alder, Gravely, Sheppard and B. Smith.

The starting lineup for Navy was: Max Demott (left end), Percy Northcroft (left tackle), Frederick Reinicke (left guard), Charles Brand (center), Percy Wright (right guard), Frank Leighton (right tackle), Bill Dague (right end), Ed Lange (quarterback), A. H. Douglas (left halfback), Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider (right halfback), Raymond Jones (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Burd, Gates, Cary Magruder, Nason, W. A. Richardson, Robertson, Karl Smith, Stoer, Straus and David Stuart.

North Carolina

See also: 1907 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Huffard (left end), Diffendal (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Johnson (center), H. Hodgson (right guard), R. W. Smith (right tackle), B. Smith (right end), Sheppard (quarterback), Luttrell (left halfback), Billups (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Cooper, Gibbs, Gravely, Hicks, H. G. Jones, J. Jones and Varner.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: James Wiggins (left end), Cecil Garrett (left tackle), Earle Thompson (left guard), Raymond Parker (center), Robert Howell (right guard), Archie Deans (right tackle), William Thomas (right end), Joseph Mann (quarterback), Lucius Dunlap (left halfback), Thomas McNeill (right halfback), James Crosswell (fullback). The substitutes were: Harris and John Manning.

Players

The following players were members of the 1907 football team according to the roster published in the 1908 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[1]

Coaching and training staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1908. 1908. 169. 2015-11-17.