1903 VPI football team

1903 VPI football
1903 VPI football
Conference	Independent
1903 record	5–1
Head coach	Charles Augustus Lueder (1st season);
Captain	Sally Miles
Home stadium	Gibboney Field
	Seasons ← 1902 1904 →

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).

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 14		St. Albans Lutheran Boys School	Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA	W 29–0
October 17		North Carolina A&M	Gibboney Field Blacksburg, VA	W 21–0
October 24	3:15 p.m.	vs. Virginia	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 0–21	4,000	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
November 7	3:20 p.m.	vs. North Carolina	LaFayette Field Norfolk, VA	W 21–0	2,000	^[5]^[6]
November 21		at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	W 11–0
November 25		vs. Davidson	Athletic Park Roanoke, VA	W 26–0
All times are in Eastern time

Players[]

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.^[7]

VPI 1903 roster

Quarterback

Charles Edgar Bear

Guards

Alvin Lee Abbott
Walsh

Tackles

Sally Miles (Capt.)
George Cralle Willson

Center

Joseph Clay Stiles

Ends

Wilmer Nelson Robins
Thomas Walker Lewis

Halfbacks

Clarence Byrd
Hunter Carpenter

Fullback

John Counselman

Substitutes

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

References[]

^ "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Polytechnic Boys Beaten By 'Varsity". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The University-V. P. I. Contest (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Another Defeat". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
^ "Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
^ "The Bugle 1904" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1904. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

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[1] "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[2] "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[3] "The Polytechnic Boys Beaten By 'Varsity". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "The University-V. P. I. Contest (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

[UNC-5] "Another Defeat". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

[norfolk-6] "Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

[7] "The Bugle 1904" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1904. Retrieved 2015-11-12.

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1903 Southern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Livingstone		–		3	–	0	–	0
Kentucky University		–		7	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		7	–	1	–	0
East Florida Seminary		–		5	–	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
Florida State College		–		3	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma		–		5	–	4	–	3
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