1903 VPI football team

The 1903 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1903 college football season. The team was led by head coach Charles Augustus Lueder and finished with a record of five wins and one loss (5–1).

1903 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record5–1
Head coach
CaptainSally Miles
Home stadiumGibboney Field
1903 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Livingstone    3 0 0
Kentucky University    7 1 0
West Virginia    7 1 0
East Florida Seminary    5 1 0
VPI    5 1 0
South Carolina    8 2 0
Stetson    2 1 1
Virginia    7 2 1
Georgetown    7 3 0
VMI    2 1 0
Texas A&M    7 3 1
North Carolina    6 3 0
Maryland    7 4 0
Florida State College    3 2 1
Oklahoma    5 4 3
Louisiana Industrial    1 1 0
North Carolina A&M    4 4 0
Oklahoma A&M    0 0 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial    1 1 0
Tusculum    1 1 0
Arkansas    3 4 0
Navy    4 7 1
Columbian    2 5 0
Florida    1 3 0
Goldey College    0 1 1
Davidson    1 4 0
Howard (AL)    1 4 0
Tennessee Docs    0 4 0
TCU    0 7 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 14St. Albans Lutheran Boys SchoolW 29–0
October 17North Carolina A&M
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–0
October 243:15 p.m.vs. VirginiaL 0–214,000[1][2][3][4]
November 73:20 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 21–02,000[5][6]
November 21at NavyW 11–0
November 25vs. Davidson
W 26–0

Players

The following players were members of the 1903 football team according to the roster published in the 1904 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]

VPI 1903 roster
Quarterback
  • Charles Edgar Bear

Guards

  • Alvin Lee Abbott
  • Walsh

Tackles

Center

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

Halfbacks

Fullback

Substitutes
  • Thomas Newton Brent
  • Dean
  • Murray Valentine Harlan
  • Herbert David Hodgson
  • Robert B. Tinsley

References

  1. "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  2. "Football Teams Here Ready For The Fray (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 24, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  3. "The Polytechnic Boys Beaten By 'Varsity". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  4. "The University-V. P. I. Contest (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 25, 1903. p. 14. Retrieved September 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  5. "Another Defeat". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  6. "Carolina Shut Out by Blacksburg Boys". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  7. "The Bugle 1904" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1904. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
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