1913 VPI Gobblers football team explained

Year:1913
Team:VPI Gobblers
Sport:football
Conference:South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Short Conf:SAIAA
Record:7–1–1
Conf Record:1–1
Head Coach:Branch Bocock
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Lewis A. Pick
Stadium:Miles Field

The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1913 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1).

Game summaries

Hampden–Sydney

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Bright, Effinger, Moore, Peake and Rowe.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: J. A. Gregory (left end), C. M. Walker (left tackle), Robert Guthrie (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), S. B. Forbus (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), Frank Ebel (right end), Alexander Carrington (quarterback), W. L. Thurmond (left halfback), E. B. Pendleton (right halfback), H. S. Campbell (fullback).

Old Miss

See also: 1913 Ole Miss Rebels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).

The starting lineup for Old Miss was: Frank Smythe (left end), Ralph Mills (left tackle), Jerome James (left guard), McCall (center), Clinton Dorroh (right guard), Smith Bishop (right tackle), Williams (right end), Joseph Evans (quarterback), Walter Dear (left halfback), Jesse Breland (right halfback), Charles Bender (fullback).

North Carolina

See also: 1913 North Carolina Tar Heels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Joyner (left end), Ramsey (left tackle), Cowell (left guard), Yank Tandy (center), Foust (right guard), Abernathy (right tackle), Roy Homewood (right end), Allen (quarterback), Dave Tayloe (left halfback), Fuller (right halfback), Ervin (fullback). The substitutes were: Cary Boshamer, Burnette, William Huske, Oates and Reid.

Washington and Lee

See also: 1913 Washington and Lee Generals football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Taylor (right end), Peake (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Dixon, Effinger, Harris, MacRuth, Montague and Rives.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Henry Barker (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), James Miller (left guard), M. S. Barrow (center), W. H. Neblett (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), J. P. Hieatt (right end), Edward Donahue (quarterback), Harry "Cy" Young (left halfback), Charles Lile (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: F. M. Dingwall, Victor Friend, Kirkpatrick, Joseph Milner, Frank Nolley, W. K. Seeley, William Smith and Walter Terry.

Morris Harvey

The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).

The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Osborne (left end), Calvert (left tackle), Watt Stewart (left guard), C. Coon (center), Poe Coffman (right guard), Taylor (right tackle), Bolden (right end), Elbert Fulton (quarterback), F. B. Legge (left halfback), Turner (right halfback), Snodgrass (fullback).

VMI

See also: 1913 VMI Keydets football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Effinger (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Moore (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Engleby (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Clemmer, Cottrell, Davis, McRuth, Parrish, Peake and Rives.

The starting lineup for VMI was: S. L. Lowry (left end), Rice Youell (left tackle), Vernon Somers (left guard), Oscar Beasley (center), Claude Cammer (right guard), Blandy Clarkson (right tackle), James Richards (right end), W. B. Lowry (quarterback), Harold Hutchinson (left halfback), James Bain (right halfback), Laurence Oakes (fullback). The substitutes were: Withers Burress.

Players

The following players were members of the 1913 football team according to the roster published in the 1914 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[1]

Coaching and training staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1914. 1914. 207. 2015-12-06.