1913 VPI Gobblers football team
American college football season
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The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1913 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7â1â1).
| 1913 VPI Gobblers football | |
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| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 7â1â1 (1â1 SAIAA) |
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| Captain | Lewis A. Pick |
| Home stadium | Miles Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Roanoke* | W 26â0 | [1] | |||
| October 4 | HampdenâSydney* |
| W 14â0 | [2][3] | ||
| October 11 | Ole Miss* |
| W 35â14 | [4] | ||
| October 18 | VPI Stars* |
| W 12â2 | [5] | ||
| October 25 | vs. North Carolina |
| W 14â7 | [6][7] | ||
| November 1 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Washington and Lee |
| L 0â21 | 6,000-7,000 | [8][9][10] |
| November 8 | Marshall* |
| W 47â0 | [11] | ||
| November 15 | Morris Harvey* |
| W 14â0 | [12] | ||
| November 27 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. VMI* |
| T 6â6 | [13][14][15][16] | |
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Before the season
The 1912 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5â4 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his third season as head coach.
Game summaries
Roanoke
VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Field.
HampdenâSydney
After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played HampdenâSydney College at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Bright, Effinger, Moore, Peake and Rowe.
The starting lineup for HampdenâSydney was: J. A. Gregory (left end), C. M. Walker (left tackle), Robert Guthrie (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), S. B. Forbus (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), Frank Ebel (right end), Alexander Carrington (quarterback), W. L. Thurmond (left halfback), E. B. Pendleton (right halfback), H. S. Campbell (fullback).
Old Miss
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for Old Miss was: Frank Smythe (left end), Ralph Mills (left tackle), Jerome James (left guard), McCall (center), Clinton Dorroh (right guard), Smith Bishop (right tackle), Williams (right end), Joseph Evans (quarterback), Walter Dear (left halfback), Jesse Breland (right halfback), Charles Bender (fullback).
VPI Stars
North Carolina
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| ⢠VPI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
- Date: October 25, 1913
- Location: Prince Albert Park
Winston-Salem, NC - Referee: Neilson (Nebraska)
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Joyner (left end), Ramsey (left tackle), Cowell (left guard), Yank Tandy (center), Foust (right guard), Abernathy (right tackle), Roy Homewood (right end), Allen (quarterback), Dave Tayloe (left halfback), Fuller (right halfback), Ervin (fullback). The substitutes were: Cary Boshamer, Burnette, William Huske, Oates and Reid.
Washington and Lee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| ⢠W&L | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Date: November 1, 1913
- Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA - Game start: 3:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 6,000-7,000
- Game weather: "ideal"
- Referee: Pat Berry
The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Taylor (right end), Peake (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Dixon, Effinger, Harris, MacRuth, Montague and Rives.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Henry Barker (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), James Miller (left guard), M. S. Barrow (center), W. H. Neblett (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), J. P. Hieatt (right end), Edward Donahue (quarterback), Harry "Cy" Young (left halfback), Charles Lile (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: F. M. Dingwall, Victor Friend, Kirkpatrick, Joseph Milner, Frank Nolley, W. K. Seeley, William Smith and Walter Terry.
Marshall
Morris Harvey
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| MH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VPI | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
- Date: November 15, 1913
- Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA - Referee: Miles
The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Osborne (left end), Calvert (left tackle), Watt Stewart (left guard), C. Coon (center), Poe Coffman (right guard), Taylor (right tackle), Bolden (right end), Elbert Fulton (quarterback), F. B. Legge (left halfback), Turner (right halfback), Snodgrass (fullback).
VMI
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VMI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
- Date: November 27, 1913
- Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA - Game start: 3:00 p.m.
- Game weather: "ideal"
- Referee: Land (Navy)
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Effinger (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Moore (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Engleby (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Clemmer, Cottrell, Davis, McRuth, Parrish, Peake and Rives.
The starting lineup for VMI was: S. L. Lowry (left end), Rice Youell (left tackle), Vernon Somers (left guard), Oscar Beasley (center), Claude Cammer (right guard), Blandy Clarkson (right tackle), James Richards (right end), W. B. Lowry (quarterback), Harold Hutchinson (left halfback), James Bain (right halfback), Laurence Oakes (fullback). The substitutes were: Withers Burress.
Players
The following players were members of the 1913 football team according to the roster published in the 1914 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[17]
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Coaching and training staff
- Head coach: Branch Bocock
- Manager: F. R. Scott