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1903 VPI football team

Summary

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).

1903 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainSally Miles
Home stadiumGibboney Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Livingstone   –   3 – 0 – 0
Kentucky University   –   7 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   7 – 1 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   8 – 2 – 0
Stetson   –   2 – 1 – 1
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 1
Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   2 – 1 – 0
Texas A&M   –   7 – 3 – 1
North Carolina   –   6 – 3 – 0
Maryland   –   7 – 4 – 0
East Florida Seminary   –   3 – 2 – 1
Florida State College   –   3 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma   –   5 – 4 – 3
Kendall   –   3 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 1 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   4 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma A&M   –   0 – 0 – 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 1 – 0
Tusculum   –   1 – 1 – 0
Arkansas   –   3 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 7 – 1
Howard (AL)   –   2 – 3 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 5 – 0
Florida   –   1 – 3 – 0
Goldey College   –   0 – 1 – 1
Davidson   –   1 – 4 – 0
Tennessee Docs   –   0 – 4 – 0
TCU   –   0 – 7 – 0

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13St. Albans Lutheran Boys School
W 29–0[1]
October 17North Carolina A&M
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–0[2]
October 243:15 p.m.vs. Virginia
L 0–214,000[3][4][5][6]
November 73:20 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 21–02,000[7][8]
November 21at Navy
W 11–0[9]
November 263:00 p.m.vs. Davidson
W 26–01,200–1,500[10]

Game summaries edit

Virginia edit

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.

North Carolina edit

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.

Navy edit

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).

Players edit

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.[11]

VPI 1903 roster
Quarterback
  • Charles Edgar Bear

Guards

  • Alvin Lee Abbott
  • Walsh

Tackles

Center

  • Joseph Clay Stiles
 Ends
  • Wilmer Nelson Robins
  • Thomas Walker Lewis

Halfbacks

Fullback

Substitutes
  • Thomas Newton Brent
  • Dean
  • Murray Valentine Harlan
  • Herbert David Hodgson
  • Robert B. Tinsley

Coaching and training staff edit

References edit

  1. ^ "V.P.I., 29; St. Albans, 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 14, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "V.P.I. 21 – A. & M. 0". The Red and White. North Carolina State University. December 1906. p. 15. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 24, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Polytechnic Boys Beaten By 'Varsity". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 25, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Council's Splendid Run". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. October 26, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "'Varsity Too Much For The V.P.I.'s". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. October 26, 1903. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "Another Defeat". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 8, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  9. ^ "Middies Beaten". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 22, 1903. p. 16. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "V.P.I. Boys Get Another Feather". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  11. ^ "The Bugle 1904" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1904. Retrieved November 12, 2015.