1919 VPI Gobblers football team
American college football season
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The 1919 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1919 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5â4).
- Charles Bernier (3rd season)
- James Thomas Hardwick
- Henry Redd
| 1919 VPI Gobblers football | |
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| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 5â4 (2â4 SAIAA) |
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| Home stadium | Miles Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown $ | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland State | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 2 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic University | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's (MD) | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 4 | HampdenâSydney* | W 13â0 | [1][2] | |||
| October 11 | Richmond |
| W 21â0 | [3] | ||
| October 18 | at Georgetown |
| L 7â33 | [4][5] | ||
| October 25 | vs. Maryland State |
| W 6â0 | [6][7][8][9] | ||
| November 1 | vs. Washington and Lee | Lynchburg, VA | L 0â3 | 4,000-5,000 | [10][11] | |
| November 8 | Wake Forest* |
| W 40â0 | [12][13][14] | ||
| November 15 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. NC State | L 0â3 | 4,000-4,500 | [15][16] | |
| November 22 | Emory and Henry* |
| W 99â0 | [17] | ||
| November 27 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. VMI |
| L 0â13 | 6,584 | [18][19] |
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Before the season
The 1918 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7â0 record and were led by Charles A. Bernier in his second season as head coach.
Game summaries
HampdenâSydney
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| HS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
- Date: October 4
- Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA - Referee: Ernest Sampson (St. Albans)
VPI's first game of the season was a victory over HampdenâSydney at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), Parrish (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Davis (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, H. Hardwick, Kornegay, Lancaster, McCann, Pierce and Rice.
The starting lineup for HampdenâSydney was: Maurice Lancaster (left end), J. A. Martin (left tackle), J. W. Hogshead (left guard), F. Hogshead (center), Philip Adams (right guard), Ernest Herzig (right tackle), Robert Warren (right end), J. A. Jones (quarterback), B. H. Smith (left halfback), Hill (right halfback), T. K. Menefee (fullback). The substitutes were: W. O. Day, George Lyle, A. C. Paulett and W. B. Rogan.
Richmond
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| RU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
- Date: October 11
- Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA - Referee: Hampton (St. Albans)
After their victory over HampdenâSydney, VPI played Richmond College at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), Parrish (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Washington (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Lancaster (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Davis, Farmer, H. Hardwick, Hutcheson, Kornegay, McCann, Pierce, Rice and Shepherd.
The starting lineup for Richmond was: W. Richard Broaddus (left end), Harry Carter (left tackle), Claborne Thompson (left guard), Kidd (center), Robert Price (right guard), A. A. Klevesahl (right tackle), Hubel Robins (right end), Waverly Jones (quarterback), E. Hobson Snead (left halfback), Alexander Blankingship (right halfback), James Lane (fullback). The substitutes were: Clyde Shepherd, Thurman Towill and William Ziegler.
Georgetown
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| ⢠GU | 13 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 33 |
- Date: October 18
- Location: Georgetown Field
Washington, DC - Referee: Battersby (Swarthmore)
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Tilson (right tackle), Davis (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Kornegay, Lancaster, Pierce, Rice and Shepherd.
The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Harry Sullivan (left end), Dan Ahern (left tackle), William Dudack (left guard), Carl Wirts (center), Thomas Sullivan (right guard), Metzger Smeach (right tackle), William C. Kenyon (right end), Jackie Maloney (quarterback), Joseph Leighty (left halfback), Johnny McQuade (right halfback), Harold Livers (fullback). The substitutes were: Alec Anderson, Frank Buckley, Rudy Comstock, Davis, Paul Etzel, Farrell, William Gargan, Jack Haley, Al Leary, Thomas Lonergan, William Moran, Joseph O'Connell, John Sullivan, James Sweeney, John Thornton, Spencer Wise and Andy Zazelli.
Maryland State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| ⢠VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| MSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Date: October 25
- Location: Union League Park
Washington, DC - Referee: Morse (Clarkson Tech)
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Pierce (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), McConkey (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), McCann (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Chapman, Farmer, Kornegay and Tilson.
The starting lineup for Maryland State was: Geary Eppley (left end), Andy Nisbet (left tackle), Sam Edel (left guard), Dutch Myers (center), Jerry Sullivan (right guard), Roy Mackert (right tackle), M. Talbot Riggs (right end), Ray Knode (quarterback), Lester Bosley (left halfback), W. L. Barall (right halfback), Alexander McDonald (fullback). The substitutes were: Caleb Bailey, Herbert Gilbert, John Groves, John Moore and Romeo Pagnucci.
Washington and Lee
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| ⢠W&L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Date: November 1
- Location: Lynchburg, VA
- Game attendance: 4,000-5,000
- Referee: Paul Magoffin
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Crisp (right tackle), Parrish (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Godsey (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Chapman, McCann, Pierce, Tilson and Washington.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: O. R. Daves (left end), Lindsay Moore (left tackle), Richard Sanford (left guard), F. M. Paget (center), Edward Bailey (right guard), Turner Bethel (right tackle), John Corbett (right end), Marcus Cogbill (quarterback), Joseph Silverstein (left halfback), Samuel Raines (right halfback), J. W. McDonald (fullback). The substitutes were: Barrow, Cobb, Lewis Collins, Matson, Jim Mattox, and Marv Mattox.
Wake Forest
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| WF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VPI | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
- Date: November 8
- Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA - Referee: Ernest Sampson (St. Albans)
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), McCann (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Kornegay, Parrish and Tilson.
The starting lineup for Wake Forest was: C. B. Johnston (left end), Pierce (left tackle), Moss (left guard), Wall (center), Forrest Feezor (right guard), Hubert Olive (right tackle), Heckman (right end), Jennette (quarterback), Boylan (left halfback), Fulton (right halfback), Harry Rabenhorst (fullback). The substitutes were: Benton, Bundy, John Floyd, Moore, Shaw Pruette and Taylor.
NC State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠NCSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- Date: November 15
- Location: League Park
Norfolk, VA - Game attendance: 4,000-4,500
- Referee: Battersby (Swarthmore)
The starting lineup for VPI was: J. Hardwick (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), Shaner (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Washington (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Copenhaver, Godsey, Parrish and Tilson.
The starting lineup for NC State was: Solomon Homewood (left end), Herbert Weathers (left tackle), Robert Young (left guard), William Whitaker (center), Averette Floyd (right guard), John Ripple (right tackle), Charles Kirkpatrick (right end), John Faucette (quarterback), Dick Gurley (left halfback), Nathaniel Pierson (right halfback), George Murray (fullback). The substitutes were: Joel Lawrence.
Emory and Henry
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| EH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VPI | 6 | 32 | 26 | 35 | 99 |
- Date: November 22
- Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA - Referee: Ernest Sampson (St. Albans)
The starting lineup for VPI was: Chapman (left end), Farmer (left tackle), Sherertz (left guard), Shaner (center), Saunders (right guard), McConkey (right tackle), Washington (right end), McCann (quarterback), Walters (left halfback), Brooks (right halfback), Glaze (fullback). The substitutes were: Crisp, Gay, Graham, Lancaster, Newman, Redd, Rice and Wills.
The starting lineup for Emory and Henry was: Southerland (left end), Wolfe (left tackle), Carter (left guard), Anderson (center), Jim Weaver (right guard), Lotspeich (right tackle), Dyer (right end), Kelly (quarterback), Terry (left halfback), Graham (right halfback), Perry (fullback). The substitutes were: Jones.
VMI
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ⢠VMI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
- Date: November 27
- Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA - Game start: 3:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 6,584
- Referee: Langford (Trinity)
The starting lineup for VPI was: Camper (left end), Hall (left tackle), Armstrong (left guard), H. Hardwick (center), J. Hardwick (right guard), Pierce (right tackle), Parrish (right end), Crisp (quarterback), Redd (left halfback), Lancaster (right halfback), McCann (fullback). The substitutes were: Brooks, Farmer, Godsey, Graham, Shaner and Tilson.
The starting lineup for VMI was: Howard Hawkins (left end), Frank Summers (left tackle), Howard Shipley (left guard), J. T. Smith (center), Mantor (right guard), Robert Hunt (right tackle), Sam Mason (right end), Walker Stuart (quarterback), Jere Bunting (left halfback), Jimmy Leech (right halfback), Richard Dickson (fullback). The substitutes were: Bertram Bacharach, William Drewry, Fix, William Harrison, Hubert McCuistion and William Wilson.
After the season
In December 1919, the VPI players elected Henry Redd as captain of the 1920 VPI Gobblers football team.[20]
Players
Roster
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Quarterback
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Halfbacks
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Monogram Club members
Sixteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1919 VPI team.[20]
| Player | Hometown | Notes |
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| A. B. "Dustie" Armstrong | ||
| John Kelly Copenhaver | Seven Mile Ford, Virginia | World War I and World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Army Corps of Engineers). |
| Hank Crisp | Falkland, North Carolina | |
| Robert Drew Godsey | Bristol, Virginia | |
| J. R. Graham | ||
| Lysle Gregory "Polly" Hall | ||
| Harry Judson Hardwick | Blacksburg, Virginia | 22nd head football coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, serving for two seasons, from 1937 to 1938, and compiling a record of 8â7â3. |
| James Thomas Hardwick, Jr. | Blacksburg, Virginia | |
| George Douglas Lancaster | Hanover, Virginia | World War I and World War II veteran (Lieutenant Colonel, Air Force). |
| Harry Lee McCann | ||
| George F. Parrish | Bristol, Virginia | Elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1934. Inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. |
| Walter Morgan Pierce | Christiansburg, Virginia | |
| Henry Redd | Martinsville, Virginia | World War I veteran (First Lieutenant, Army). VPI Head football coach from 1932 to 1940. |
| Wally Shaner | Lynchburg, Virginia | Reserve outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for three different teams between the 1923 and 1929 seasons. |
| Sumner Dewey "Tex" Tilson | Childress, Texas | VPI's head football coach for one season, in 1942, compiling a record of 7â2â1. |
| Clarke Randolph Willey | Winchester, Virginia |
Coaching and training staff
- Head coach: Charles A. Bernier
- Graduate Manager: Sally Miles
- Trainer: Doc Tyler
- Manager: Edward P. Yeager