1922 VPI Gobblers football team explained

Year:1922
Team:VPI Gobblers
Sport:football
Conference:Southern Conference
Short Conf:SoCon
Record:8–1–1
Conf Record:3–0
Head Coach:B. C. Cubbage
Hc Year:2nd
Captain:Harry McMullen Sutton
Harry Judson Hardwick
Stadium:Miles Field

The 1922 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1922 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of eight wins, one loss and one tie (8–1–1).

Game summaries

Hampden–Sydney

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Buchanan (left halfback), Flory (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Glaze, Greene, Liebrecht, Linkous, Moran, Nutter, Owens, Ray, Rea, Roberts, Sanders, Saunders and Wallace.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Robert Brenaman (left end), William Fuqua (left tackle), William Saunders (left guard), A. J. McKelway (center), James Hall (right guard), Cecil Blankenship (right tackle), Robert Stoltz (right end), Hugh Brenaman (quarterback), Lorraine Sanders (left halfback), William Day (right halfback), Rex Blankenship (fullback). The substitutes were: J. O. Durham, Hughes, Hurt, Graham Lacy, Edwin Ott, Smith and Bailey Tyson.

King

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Sutton (left halfback), Buchanan (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Flory, Graham, Moran, Ray, Rea, Rhodes, Roberts, Sanders, Saunders and Sharpe.

The starting lineup for King was: Moore (left end), Ralph Stowell (left tackle), Dick Fitzgerald (left guard), Swede Swanson (center), Dewey Greehoe (right guard), John Fletcher (right tackle), Tot Rhodes (right end), Max Osburn (quarterback), Elton Sharp (left halfback), James Orr (right halfback), Finnefrock (fullback). The substitutes were: O'Hara and Fred Reuning.

William & Mary

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Moran (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Flory (right halfback), Beck (fullback). The substitutes were: Glaze, Greene, Liebrecht, Moore, Nutter, Owens, Ray, Rhodes, Roberts, Sanders, Saunders and Whitehead.

The starting lineup for William & Mary was: Jack Chalkley (left end), Frances Elliott (left tackle), Leslie Parsons (left guard), John Todd (center), Russell House (right guard), T. J. Young (right tackle), Earnest Dietz (right end), George Flanders (quarterback), Harvey Hastings (left halfback), C. H. Cain (right halfback), Levvy (fullback). The substitutes were: Win Charles, C. V. Cofer, Leo Haskell, Winston Irwin, Thomas Jordan, Paul Keister and Fairmount White.

Centre

See also: 1922 Centre Praying Colonels football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Sutton (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Flory and Moore.

The starting lineup for Centre was: Red Roberts (left end), Howard Lynch (left tackle), George Jones (left guard), Ed Kubale (center), Frank Rubarth (right guard), Ben Cregor (right tackle), Cliff Lemon (right end), Herb Covington (quarterback), Thomas Bartlett (left halfback), Hall Snowday (right halfback), John Tanner (fullback). The substitutes were: Hope Hudgins and John Hunter.

Davidson

See also: 1922 Davidson Wildcats football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Flory (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Buchanan, Moore, Ray, Rhodes and Sutton.

The starting lineup for Davidson was: Charles Davis (left end), Charles Clark (left tackle), George Sorrells (left guard), R. Marion Brice (center), Samuel Davis (right guard), J. C. McMasters (right tackle), Elias Faison (right end), James Hendrix (quarterback), James DeArmon (left halfback), William Shepherd (right halfback), John Hunt (fullback). The substitutes were: Leonard Dick, Red Laird, William Martin and Moore.

Catholic

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Moran (right tackle), Rhodes (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Sutton (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Adams, Beck, Buchanan, Donovan, Flory, Givens, Graham, Greene, Nutter, Owens, Sanders and Saunders.

The starting lineup for Catholic was: H. R. Moore (left end), John Whalen (left tackle), Walter May (left guard), B. L. Eberts (center), T. J. Tobin (right guard), B. J. Vorsanger (right tackle), Eddie Lynch (right end), Brennan (quarterback), James Freney (left halfback), Smith (right halfback), Neary (fullback). The substitutes were: Costello, Ford and Reilly.

Maryland

See also: 1922 Maryland Aggies football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Beck (left halfback), Buchanan (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Flory, Glaze, Graham, Moore, Moran, Nutter, Owens, Rhodes, Roberts and Saunders.

The starting lineup for Maryland was: John Groves (left end), Andy Nesbit (left tackle), John Moore (left guard), Caleb Bailey (center), John Hough (right guard), Joseph C. Burger (right tackle), Cecil Branner (right end), Henry Guervich (quarterback), Ed Pugh (left halfback), George Heine (right halfback), Jack McQuade (fullback). The substitutes were: Beers, Kirkland Besley, Lester Bosley, Mac Brewer, Walter Bromley, Endslow, Martin, George Pollock, Eddie Semler and Smith.

NC State

See also: 1922 NC State Wolfpack football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Buchanan (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Flory, Liebrecht, Moore, Owens, Rhodes, Roberts and Saunders.

The starting lineup for NC State was: Samuel Wallis (left end), William Cox (left tackle), W. L. Baker (left guard), Thomas Bostian (center), Percy Beatty (right guard), Averette Floyd (right tackle), Robert Holland (right end), Robert Long (quarterback), Ernest Randolph (left halfback), Thomas Park (right halfback), Gaither Lassiter (fullback). The substitutes were: Dill, Chelsie Eller, John Jennette, William McPherson, Earl Pasour, Joseph Ripple and David VanSant.

Washington and Lee

See also: 1922 Washington and Lee Generals football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Sherertz (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Buchanan (right halfback), Gettle (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Flory, Liebrecht, Moore, Nutter, Rhodes, Roberts and Saunders.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Joel McDonald (left end), Warren E. Tilson (left tackle), Douglas Bemis (left guard), Charles Terry (center), C. L. Walters (right guard), R. C. Potts (right tackle), John McVay (right end), Preston Hatcher (quarterback), Mayo Hamilton (left halfback), Henry McMillan (right halfback), Eddie Cameron (fullback). The substitutes were: B. H. Arbogast, Joseph Atkins, Richard Beard, Thomas Bemis, Harry Dawson, Archie Hawkins, H. M. Taylor, James Kay Thomas and George Vogel.

VMI

See also: 1922 VMI Keydets football team. The starting lineup for VPI was: Hardwick (left end), Tilson (left tackle), Sherertz (left guard), Baker (center), Rea (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Wallace (quarterback), Buchanan (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Beck (fullback). The substitutes were: Flory, Moore, Rhodes and Sutton.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Mortimer Watkins (left end), Charlie Barbour (left tackle), Thomas Gray (left guard), Francis Ferguson (center), William Harrison (right guard), Robert Hunt (right tackle), Eugene Carlton (right end), Farley (quarterback), Edward Ryder (left halfback), Donald MacGregor (right halfback), Windy White (fullback). The substitutes were: Paul Caldwell, Hal Costolo, Worthington Faulkner and Carl Hammond.

Players

The following players were members of the 1922 football team according to the roster published in the 1923 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[1]

Coaching and training staff

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Tech Bugle. The Bugle 1923. 1923. 252. 2016-01-07.