1916 VPI Gobblers football team

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1916 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record7–2 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Staub Caffee
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Georgetown 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 2
George Washington 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Catholic University 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Davidson 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Richmond 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
North Carolina A&M 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only year as head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Richmond
W 13–0[2]
October 7Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 10–0[3]
October 14vs. West Virginia*Charleston, WV (rivalry)L 0–20[4][5]
October 20at Yale*
L 0–195,000[6][7][8]
October 28vs. North Carolina A&MNorfolk, VAW 40–03,000[9]
November 43:00 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 14–7[10][11]
November 11Wake Forest*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 52–0[12]
November 18Roanoke*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 41–0[13][14]
November 302:30 p.m.vs. VMI
W 23–145,000[15][16]

[17]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1916 football team according to the roster published in the 1917 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[18]

VPI 1916 roster
Quarterbacks
  • George Douglas Lancaster
  • Edwin Lee Roden

Guards

  • Russell Minor Howell
  • Harry Temple Parrish
  • Arthur Penick Moore

Tackles

  • John Staub Caffee (Capt.)
  • Lyle George Hall
 Center
  • Arthur Blakie Moore

Ends

  • James Atkins Gregory
  • William Lee Younger

Halfbacks

  • Frank Allison Engleby
  • Edward Kramer Funkhouser
  • Leonard Myrton Gaines
  • Robert Rodes Nelson

Fullback

Substitutes
  • Clinton T. Barnes
  • Jay Frank Clemmer
  • Frank Edward Daly
  • James W. Farmer
  • Gardner
  • Turner Ashby Graves
  • Francis Alexander Gray
  • William Murry Lybrook
  • Guy Eugene McNeil
  • Donald Mack
  • George Frizzell Parrish
  • Daniel Harris Pritchard
  • Harry Douglas Roden
  • George Selben Somerville
  • Llewellyn Winn "Lew" Stringer
  • George Ellsworth Treakle

References[]

  1. ^ Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine,College Football Data Warehouse
  2. ^ "Spiders Hold Techs To Two Touchdowns". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 1, 1916. p. 25. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hampden-Sidney Loses". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 8, 1916. p. 29. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Mountaineers Trim Virginia Eleven 20". The Sunday Telegram. Library of Congress. October 15, 1916. p. 11. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Techs Are Defeated". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 15, 1916. p. 27. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "Yale Wins From V.P.I., Score 19-0". The Daily Telegram. Library of Congress. October 21, 1916. p. 7. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "Eli Backs Quickly Grind Out Victory". New Britain Daily Herald. Library of Congress. October 21, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "Techs Surprise Yale". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 21, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Virginia Techs Win Handily From Aggies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 29, 1916. p. 27. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "Kings of Gridiron Battle for South Atlantic Honors". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 4, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  11. ^ "Carolina Outplayed And Techs Victorious". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 5, 1916. p. 29. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  12. ^ "Techs Cut Wake Forest Asunder With Line Rushes". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 12, 1916. p. 30. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  13. ^ "Roanoke College Beaten by V.P.I." The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 20, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "Techs Are Victorious". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 19, 1916. p. 30. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  15. ^ "Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  16. ^ "Cadets Are Defeated After Freakish Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. December 1, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  17. ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1916–1917". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 8, 2015.
  18. ^ "The Bugle 1917" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1917. p. 183. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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