1911 VPI football team

1911 Virginia Tech Hokies football

Conference	Independent
1911 record	6–1–2
Head coach	L. W. Riess (1st year)
Captain	Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs
Home stadium	Miles Field

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 L. W. Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30, 1911		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 16–0	-
October 6, 1911		vs. UMBC*	Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA	W 12–0	-
October 14, 1911		at Yale*	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 0–33	-
October 21, 1911		Roanoke*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 94–0	-
October 28, 1911		vs. Washington and Lee	Fair Grounds^[1] • Roanoke, VA	T 5–5	-
November 4, 1911	3:00pm^[2]	vs. North Carolina	Broad Street Park^[2] • Richmond, VA	T 0–0	2,000^[3]
November 11, 1911		Tennessee*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 36–11	-
November 18, 1911		Morris Harvey*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 10–3	-
November 30, 1911		vs. North Carolina A&M	Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA	W 3–0	6,000^[4]
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1911 Virginia Tech football schedule^[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

Charles A. Bernier

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

Robert C. Macon

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.
1 2 "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.
↑ "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1911–1912". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 19, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1912" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1912. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-12-03.

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