1897_VPI_football_team

1897 VPI football team

1897 VPI football team

American college football season


The 1897 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1897 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Firth and finished with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2).

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Game summaries

North Carolina

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Herbert (left tackle), Cox (left guard), Stull (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Barnett (left halfback), Cochran (right halfback), Whitehurst (fullback). The substitutes were: Painter, Rorebeck and Rucker.

University of Maryland, Baltimore

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Herbert (left tackle), Cox (left guard), Stull (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Barnett (left halfback), Cochran (right halfback), Whitehurst (fullback).

Richmond

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Herbert (left tackle), Cox (left guard), Stull (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Jones (quarterback), Barnett (left halfback), Cochran (right halfback), Whitehurst (fullback). The substitutes were: Bell, Rucker and Saunders.

Hampden–Sydney

The starting lineup for VPI was: Painter (left end), Herbert (left tackle), Cox (left guard), Stull (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Barnett (left halfback), Cochran (right halfback), Whitehurst (fullback). The substitutes were: Rucker.

Tennessee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Herbert (left tackle), Cox (left guard), Stull (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Barnett (left halfback), Cochran (right halfback), Whitehurst (fullback). The substitutes were: Painter and Rucker.

Players

The following players were members of the 1897 football team according to the roster published in the 1898 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[13][14]

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References

  1. "King College Beaten". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 17, 1897. p. 16. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  2. "Carolina Loses to Va. Poly". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 2, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. "V.P.I. and N.C." The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 15. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  4. "A Great Victory". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  5. "Roanoke Defeated". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. November 3, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  6. "Maryland, 18; Blacksburg, 4". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  7. "The V.P.I. Wonders". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  8. "V.P.I.'s Victorious". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1897. p. 15. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  9. "The Polytechs Win". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1897. p. 14. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  10. "H.S. and V.P.I. - A Hotly-Contested Game of Foot-Ball". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 16, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. "V.P.I., 16; Hampden-Sidney 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 16, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  12. "Tennessee Shuts Out Blacksburg". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  13. "The Bugle 1898". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1898. p. 139. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  14. "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 129. Retrieved November 5, 2015.



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