1902 VPI football team

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1902 VPI football
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ConferenceIndependent
1902 record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainHunter Carpenter
Home stadiumGibboney Field
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1902 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Spring Hill   –   1 – 0 – 0
Texas A&M   –   7 – 0 – 2
Marshall   –   5 – 0 – 2
Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 1
South Carolina   –   6 – 1 – 0
Kentucky University   –   7 – 2 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   3 – 1 – 0
North Carolina   –   5 – 1 – 3
Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   6 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma   –   6 – 3 – 0
Florida State College   –   2 – 1 – 0
Stetson   –   2 – 1 – 1
West Virginia   –   7 – 4 – 0
VPI   –   3 – 2 – 1
Davidson   –   4 – 4 – 1
East Florida Seminary   –   1 – 1 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 1 – 1
Richmond   –   3 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 3 – 1
William & Mary   –   1 – 1 – 1
Baylor   –   3 – 4 – 2
North Carolina A&M   –   3 – 4 – 2
Maryland   –   3 – 5 – 2
Davidson   –   3 – 5 – 1
Delaware   –   3 – 5 – 1
Florida Agricultural   –   1 – 2 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 2 – 0
Columbian   –   1 – 3 – 0
Navy   –   2 – 7 – 1
TCU   –   0 – 5 – 1
Central Oklahoma   –   0 – 1 – 0
Kendall   –   0 – 1 – 0
Tusculum   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1902 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1902 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. R. Brown and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–2–1).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 133:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
  • Fair Grounds
  • Lynchburg, VA
L 0–6[1]
October 18North Carolina A&M
W 11–6
October 25North CarolinaRoanoke, VAT 0–03,000[2]
November 83:30 p.m.Georgetown
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 28–0[3]
November 154:00 p.m.at Virginia
L 0–61,000[4]
November 27vs. VMI
  • Lafayette Field
  • Norfolk, VA (rivalry)
W 50–56,000[5][6]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1902 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]

VPI 1902 roster
Quarterback
  • Charles Edgar Bear

Guards

  • Graber
  • McCullough

Tackles

Center

  • Joseph Clay Stiles
 Ends
  • Creighton Childs Campbell
  • Miller
  • Wilmer Nelson Robins
  • Joe Ware

Halfbacks

Fullback

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Game Postponed". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 12, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Both Failed to Score". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 26, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "V.P.I's Easy Victory". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1902. p. 21. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "'Varsity Defeats Blacksburg Cadets". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 16, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Easy for the V.P.I." Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 28, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "V.P.I. Outclasses V.M.I. at Norfolk". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 28, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
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