1903 VPI football team

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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).

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Headcoach
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1903 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
CaptainSally Miles
Home stadiumGibboney Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 â†’
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1903 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Livingstone â€“ 3–0–0
Kentucky University â€“ 7–1–0
West Virginia â€“ 7–1–0
VPI â€“ 5–1–0
South Carolina â€“ 8–2–0
Stetson â€“ 2–1–1
Virginia â€“ 7–2–1
Georgetown â€“ 7–3–0
VMI â€“ 2–1–0
Texas A&M â€“ 7–3–1
North Carolina â€“ 6–3–0
Maryland â€“ 7–4–0
East Florida Seminary â€“ 3–2–1
Florida State College â€“ 3–2–1
Oklahoma â€“ 5–4–3
Kendall â€“ 3–3–0
Louisiana Industrial â€“ 1–1–0
North Carolina A&M â€“ 4–4–0
Oklahoma A&M â€“ 0–0–2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial â€“ 1–1–0
Tusculum â€“ 1–1–0
Arkansas â€“ 3–4–0
Navy â€“ 4–7–1
Howard (AL) â€“ 2–3–0
Columbian â€“ 2–5–0
Florida â€“ 1–3–0
Goldey College â€“ 0–1–1
Davidson â€“ 1–4–0
Tennessee Docs â€“ 0–4–0
TCU â€“ 0–7–0
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 13St. Albans Lutheran Boys SchoolW 29–0[1]
October 17North Carolina A&M
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–0[2][3]
October 243:15 p.m.vs. VirginiaL 0–214,000[4][5][6][7]
November 73:20 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 21–02,000[8][9]
November 21at NavyW 11–0[10]
November 263:00 p.m.vs. Davidson
W 26–01,200–1,500[11]
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Before the season

The 1902 VPI football team compiled a 3–2–1 record and were led by R. R. Brown in his only season as head coach.

Game summaries

St. Albans

St. Albans vs. VPI
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Team 1 2Total
St. Albans 0 0 0
• VPI 23 6 29
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VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Gibboney Field.

North Carolina A&M

After their victory over St. Albans, VPI played the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Gibboney Field.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Lykes (left end), J. H. Koon (left tackle), LeRoy Abernethy (left guard), Edgar Gaither (center), R. G. Wilson (right guard), V. L. Neal (right tackle), Joseph Gulley (right end), T. R. Buckley (quarterback), Ward Shannonhouse (left halfback), C. D. Welch (right halfback), Joseph Miller (fullback). The substitutes were: S. W. Asbury, Arthur Gregory, Fred Hadley and Charles Seifert.

Virginia

Virginia vs. VPI
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Team 1 2Total
• UVA 15 6 21
VPI 0 0 0
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The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Hodgson (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Schaefer.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: George Hull (left end), David McColl (left tackle), James C. Elmer (left guard), Clyde R. Conner (center), William Spates (right guard), Walter Council (right tackle), Merritt Cooke Jr. (right end), John Beverly Pollard (quarterback), Wistar Heald (left halfback), Harry Wall (right halfback), Thomas Watkins (fullback). The substitutes were: George Zinn.

North Carolina

North Carolina vs. VPI
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Team 1 2Total
UNC 0 0 0
• VPI 15 6 21
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  • Date: November 7, 1903
  • Location: Lafayette Field
    Norfolk, VA
  • Game start: 3:20 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Referee: Bill Armstrong

The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitute was Hodgson.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Frank Foust (left end), J. Donnelly (left tackle), Perry (left guard), Roach Stewart (center), Charles Albright (right guard), George Jones (right tackle), Albert Lyman Cox (right end), Engle (quarterback), Green Berkeley (left halfback), J. E. Mann (right halfback), Addison Hester (fullback). The substitutes were: Wright.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Walsh (left guard), Stiles (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback).

The starting lineup for Navy was: Douglas Howard (left end), Ronan Grady (left tackle), Henry Chambers (left guard), Albert Rees (center), Edson Oak (right guard), William Piersol (right tackle), Charles Soule (right end), John Wilcox (quarterback), Ralph Strassburger (left halfback), Jonathan Dowell (right halfback), William Halsey (fullback). The substitutes were: Clay and Reichmuth.

Davidson

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.[12]

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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
  • William Harper Dean
  • Murray Valentine Harlan
  • Herbert David Hodgson
  • Charles Martin Schafer
  • Robert Bruce Tinsley
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Coaching and training staff

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