1923 VPI Gobblers football team

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1923 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1923 record6–3 (4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHarry McMullen Sutton
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Lee + 4 0 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt * + 3 0 1 5 2 1
VPI 4 1 0 6 3 0
Alabama 4 1 1 7 2 1
Maryland 2 1 0 7 2 1
Florida 1 0 2 6 1 2
North Carolina 2 1 1 5 3 1
Georgia 3 2 0 5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 1 2 5 2 2
Tennessee 4 3 0 5 4 1
Tulane 2 2 1 6 3 1
Clemson 1 1 1 5 2 1
Georgia Tech 0 0 4 3 2 4
NC State 1 4 0 3 7 0
Auburn 0 1 3 3 3 3
Kentucky 0 2 2 4 3 2
Virginia 0 3 1 3 5 1
LSU 0 3 0 3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 0 4 6 0
South Carolina 0 4 0 4 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1923 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1923 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Hampden–Sydney*W 29–0
October 6Davidson*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 7–0
October 13at 3rd Army Corps*L 17–21
October 20vs. MarylandW 16–7[1]
October 27at Washington and LeeLynchburg, VAL 0–12
November 3Clemson
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 25–6
November 10vs. NC StateNorfolk, VAW 16–0
November 172:30 p.m.at VirginiaW 6–36,000[2][3]
November 29vs. VMI*Roanoke, VA (rivalry)L 0–614,000–15,000[4]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1923 football team according to the roster published in the 1924 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1923 roster
Quarterbacks
  • Arthur Roberts
  • Harry McMullen Sutton (Capt.)

Guards

  • Lawrence Atkins Hammock
  • James Edward Ray
  • Robert James Rea

Tackles

  • Samuel Oscar Graham
  • Arthur Trevilian Greene

Centers

  • Robert Lindsay Baker
  • Joseph Henry Moran
Ends
  • S. R. Bailey
  • Forrest William Holly
  • Oscar Price Nutter
  • Charles Douglas Rhodes

Halfbacks

  • Charles Laurence Flory
  • Donald Hurt Rutherford

Fullbacks

  • Raymond Madison Buchanan
  • Jack Wellford Moss
Substitutes
  • Adams
  • C. O. Beck
  • Brown
  • Bullock
  • Byrd
  • Harry White Culbreth
  • Cecil Franzen DeLaBarre
  • P. R. Ebert
  • Edwin Ruthven Gaines
  • Glaze
  • Hart
  • Johnson
  • Edward Frank Liebrecht
  • Rumphrey
  • Stennette
  • Williams
  • Wood

References[]

  1. ^ H.C. Byrd (October 21, 1923). "Virginia Poly Defeats Maryland, 16 to 7". The Sunday Star. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "VPI Versus Virginia Official Program". VPI vs. Virginia Football Program. 1923. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Tech Wins Hard Battle". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 19, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "Flying Squadron Wins Great Game In Roanoke Thanksgiving Day From Tech By Score Of 6–0". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Bugle 1924" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1924. p. 249. Retrieved 2016-01-08.


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