1904 VPI football team

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1904 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1904 record5–3
Head coach
CaptainGeorge C. Willson
Home stadiumGibboney Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown   –   7 ��� 1 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   5 – 1 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   2 – 0 – 1
Davidson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   7 – 2 – 1
North Carolina   –   5 – 2 – 2
Virginia   –   6 – 3 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   3 – 1 – 2
West Virginia   –   6 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 3 – 0
George Washington   –   4 – 2 – 2
Arkansas   –   4 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma   –   4 – 3 – 1
South Carolina   –   4 – 3 – 1
Stetson   –   2 – 2 – 0
Central Oklahoma   –   2 – 3 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 5 – 0
Grant   –   2 – 3 – 0
Florida State College   –   2 – 3 – 0
Maryland   –   2 – 4 – 2
Goldey College   –   1 – 2 – 0
Tennessee Docs   –   2 – 4 – 0
Baylor   –   2 – 5 – 1
Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 3 – 0
TCU   –   1 – 4 – 1
Delaware   –   1 – 5 – 1
Rollins   –   0 – 1 – 0
Tusculum   –   0 – 2 – 0
Florida at Lake City   –   0 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma A&M   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1904 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1904 college football season. The team was led by their head coach John C. O'Connor and finished with a record of five wins and three losses (5–3).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Richmond
W 18–0
October 8Washington and Lee
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 24–0[1]
October 12Nashville
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 32–0
October 22William & Mary
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 30–0
October 29North Carolina
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–6
November 5vs. Virginia
L 0–53,000[2]
November 19at Navy
L 0–11
November 243:20 p.m.vs. VMIRoanoke, VA (rivalry)W 17–53,000[3]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1904 football team according to the roster published in the 1905 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1904 roster
Quarterback
  • Edwin Rollins Harris

Guards

  • McCulloch
  • Frank Henry Stickling

Tackles

  • Bernard Daxon Hynes
  • George Cralle Willson (Capt.)

Center

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

Halfbacks

  • Conner
  • George Newman Harris

Fullback

Substitutes
  • C. Ballard Cox
  • Murray Valentine Harlan
  • Harry A. Treadwell
  • Philip McGregor Shuey

References[]

  1. ^ "V.P.I., 24; W. and L., 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 9, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "It Was A Desperate Struggle". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Blacksburg Boys Win". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 25, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Bugle 1905" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1905. p. 153. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
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