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1911 VPI football team

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).

1911 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainAubrey Gravatt Gibbs
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1910
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1911 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma   –   8 – 0 – 0
Florida   –   5 – 0 – 1
VMI   –   7 – 1 – 0
Texas A&M   –   6 – 1 – 0
Georgetown   –   7 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   6 – 0 – 3
North Carolina   –   6 – 1 – 1
VPI   –   6 – 1 – 2
Virginia   –   8 – 2 – 0
Louisiana Industrial   –   4 – 1 – 1
Marshall   –   4 – 1 – 1
Arkansas   –   6 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma A&M   –   5 – 2 – 0
Texas   –   5 – 2 – 0
Washington and Lee   –   4 – 2 – 2
West Virginia   –   6 – 3 – 0
Davidson   –   5 – 3 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   5 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga   –   3 – 2 – 0
Catholic University   –   3 – 2 – 2
Maryland   –   4 – 4 – 2
Baylor   –   3 – 4 – 2
Wake Forest   –   3 – 5 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 2
South Carolina   –   1 – 4 – 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –   1 – 4 – 1
Spring Hill   –   1 – 3 – 0
Southwest Texas State   –   1 – 3 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   0 – 1 – 0

Rules

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The rules for American football in 1911 included:[1]

  • Field 110 yards in length
  • Kickoff made from midfield
  • Three downs to gain ten yards
  • Touchdown worth 5 points
  • Field goal worth 3 points
  • Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties:

A pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Hampden–Sydney
W 16–0[2]
October 63:15 p.m.vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore
W 12–0[3][4]
October 143:00 p.m.at Yale
L 0–33[5][6][7]
October 21Roanoke
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 93–0[8]
October 283:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
T 5–53,000[9][10][11]
November 43:00 p.m.vs. North Carolina
T 0–02,000[12][13][14][15]
November 11Tennessee
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 36–11[16]
November 18Morris Harvey
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 10–3[17]
November 30vs. North Carolina A&M
  • Lafayette Field
  • Norfolk, VA
W 3–06,000[18]

Game summaries

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Hampden–Sydney

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Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI
1 2Total
HS 0 0 0
• VPI 5 11 16

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Rogers (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), W. Legge (right halfback), Roberts (fullback).

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: W. W. Arbuckle (left end), Thomas Atkinson (left tackle), Charles Walker (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), Robert Guthrie (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), F. W. Payne (right end), Kirkland Saunders (quarterback), George Jones (left halfback), Charles Lewis (right halfback), Howard Blanton (fullback).

Maryland, Baltimore

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The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Rogers (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, F. Legge, W. Legge and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for University of Maryland, Baltimore was: C. Collinson (left end), Merrill (left tackle), Johnson (left guard), Oehrl (center), Chaifey (right guard), J. Collinson (right tackle), Stevens (right end), Butler (quarterback), Ruhl (left halfback), Melville (right halfback), Brown (fullback). The substitutes were: Nelson, Raimey and W. Ruhl.

Yale

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See also: 1911 Yale Bulldogs football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Evans (left guard), Gibbs (center), Pick (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, W. Legge, Rogers, Vaughan and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for Yale was: Benjamin Avery (left end), James Scully (left tackle), Pomeroy Francis (left guard), Hank Ketcham (center), Elmer McDevitt (right guard), Henry Perry (right tackle), William Howe (right end), Art Howe (quarterback), James Reilly (left halfback), Jesse Spalding (right halfback), Anderson (fullback). The substitutes were: Walter C. Camp, Clarence Childs, Church, Davis, Foss, Edgar Freeman, Robert Loree, Henry Marting, Henry Merritt, Parker and William Warren.

Cancelled Game with Western Maryland

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VPI was scheduled to play Western Maryland College on October 21, but Western Maryland cancelled and VPI played Roanoke.[19]

Roanoke

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Washington and Lee

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Washington & Lee vs. VPI
1 234Total
W&L 0 005 5
VPI 0 500 5
  • Date: October 28, 1911
  • Location: Fair Grounds
    Roanoke, VA
  • Game start: 3:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 3,000
  • Game weather: "ideal"
  • Referee: Jack Gass
See also: 1911 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Schultz (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Kelly Francis (left end), James Miller (left tackle), H. Southerland (left guard), Carl Moore (center), Paul Rogers (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), Hurd (right end), John Slater (quarterback), Ralph Malcolm (left halfback), David Bone (right halfback), Edmond Burk (fullback). The substitutes were: Raymond Beuhring, William Brown, C. T. Lile, W. C. Raftery, Mark Stewart, H. F. Tindal, Roland Waddill and F. B. Webster.

North Carolina

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North Carolina vs. VPI
1 234Total
UNC 0 000 0
VPI 0 000 0
  • Date: November 4, 1911
  • Location: Broad Street Park
    Richmond, VA
  • Game start: 3:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Game weather: "cold, drizzling downpour"
  • Referee: Jack Gass
See also: 1911 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Blake Applewhite (left end), Walter Small (left tackle), Archibald Deans (left guard), Marvin Ritch (center), James Orr (right guard), Lonnie Abernethy (right tackle), Robert Strange (right end), William Tillett (quarterback), Seigler (left halfback), Bob Winston (right halfback), William Coffin (fullback). The substitutes were: Joseph Chambers and Nicholson.

Tennessee

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See also: 1911 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), W. Legge (fullback).

The starting lineup for Tennessee was: Alonzo Carroll (left end), Sam Hayley (left tackle), R. V. Kerr (left guard), Joseph Gause (center), Roy McGuire (right guard), Farmer Kelly (right tackle), M. McGuire (right end), Rufus Branch (quarterback), Rus Lindsay (left halfback), C. H. Fonde (right halfback), Frank Tompkins (fullback).

Morris Harvey

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Morris Harvey vs. VPI
1 234Total
MH 3 000 3
• VPI 0 0100 10

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Moore (left tackle), Wyatt (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Rogers (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Gardner (fullback).

The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Fulton (left end), Beck (left tackle), Dyke (left guard), Adamson (center), Taylor (right guard), Huyler (right tackle), Frith (right end), Shelton (quarterback), Hager (left halfback), Raymond Ayres (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

North Carolina A&M

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North Carolina A&M vs. VPI
1 234Total
NC A&M 0 000 0
• VPI 0 003 3
  • Date: November 30, 1911
  • Location: Lafayette Field
    Norfolk, VA
  • Game attendance: 6,000
  • Referee: Harton (Princeton)
See also: 1911 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Rogers.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: A. J. Phillips (left end), W. T. Hurtt (left tackle), S. B. Sykes (left guard), C. D. McIver (center), J. L. Dunn (right guard), D. B. Floyd (right tackle), David Seifert (right end), Tal Stafford (quarterback), D. A. Robertson (left halfback), H. M. Cool (right halfback), Nathan Hargrove (fullback).

Players

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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.[20]

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

Coaching and training staff

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  • Head coach: Lew Riess
  • Manager: G. G. Garrison

References

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  1. ^ a b Danzig, Allison (1956). The History of American Football: Its Great Teams, Players, and Coaches. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. pp. 70–71.
  2. ^ "Sixteen Points Scored By V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 1, 1911. p. 41. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Teams Almost Come To Blows". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 7, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Game Breaks Up In General Scrap". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Yale Whips Virginians". New-York Tribune. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Lose To Yale Eleven". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 61. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Yale Backs Reel Off Long Runs on V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 43. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "V.P.I. Makes Record Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 22, 1911. p. 47. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 31, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Evenly Matched Elevens Battle To Tie Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 29, 1911. p. 43. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Prettiest Game in Country Here". Evening News. Library of Virginia. October 30, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Foot Ball - Broad Street Park". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 29, 1911. p. 44. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 5, 1911. p. 45. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "In A Splendid Battle Carolina Plays V.P.I. To A Standstill". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 7, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "V.P.I. Held To Scoreless Tie By North Carolina". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  16. ^ "Make Long Runs for Touchdowns". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 12, 1911. p. 49. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  17. ^ "Tech's Work Not Up To Standard". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 19, 1911. p. 49. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  19. ^ "V. P. I. Swamps Roanoke College". The Evening Journal. Library of Virginia. October 23, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  20. ^ "The Bugle 1912" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1912. p. 176. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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