American college football season
1911 VPI football Conference Independent 1911 record 6–1–2 Head coach Captain Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs Home stadium Miles Field Seasons
The 1911 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1911 college football season . The team was led by their head coach Lew Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 30 Hampden–Sydney W 16–0
October 6 vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA W 12–0
October 14 at Yale L 0–33
October 21 Roanoke Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 94–0
October 28 vs. Washington and Lee T 5–5[1]
November 4 3:00 p.m. vs. North Carolina Broad Street Park Richmond, VA T 0–02,000 [2] [3]
November 11 Tennessee Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 36–11[4]
November 18 Morris Harvey Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 10–3
November 30 vs. North Carolina A&M Lafayette Field Norfolk, VA W 3–06,000 [5]
Players [ ]
The following players were members of the 1911 football team according to the roster published in the 1912 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]
VPI 1911 roster
Quarterback
Guards
Tackles
William Henry Burruss
Werner Joseph Schultz
Center
Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs (Capt.)
Ends
Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
Gordon Lefebre
Halfbacks
Claude Palmer Derby
Frederick Hughes Legge
Fullback
Substitutes
Withrow Reynolds Legge
James Booth Rogers
Harry Briggs Vaughan
John Rudisil Vawter
Fred Tate Wyatt
References [ ]
^ "Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie" (PDF) . The Ring-tum Phi . Washington and Lee University . October 31, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
^ "Foot Ball - Broad Street Park" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Library of Virginia. October 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
^ "Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Library of Virginia. November 5, 1911. p. 45. Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
^ "Make long runs for touchdowns, sensational dashes by both teams feature V.P.I.-Tennessee game" . The Times Dispatch . November 12, 1911. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . Library of Virginia. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved November 20, 2015 .
^ "The Bugle 1912" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1912. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-12-03 .
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