1899_VPI_football_team

1899 VPI football team

1899 VPI football team

American college football season


The 1899 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1899 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Morrison and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1).

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Schedule

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Game summaries

Cancelled Second game against St. Albans

A second game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on November 4, 1899 in Radford, Virginia, but it was cancelled due to "an injury to a St. Albans man."[10]

Virginia

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bean.

Roanoke

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

Players

The following players were members of the 1899 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[11]

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Coaching and training staff


References

  1. "St. Albans School". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. "Blacksburg 5, Tennessee 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 22, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  3. "U of T eleven lost to the Blacksburg team". The Journal and Tribune. October 22, 1899. Retrieved July 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Varsity Defeats the Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 12, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. "Virginia 28, Blacksburg 0". College Topics. Library of Virginia. November 18, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  6. "Football Yesterday". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. November 19, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  7. "W.L.U. 0, V.P.I. 35" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. December 2, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  8. "The Roanoke Game". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  9. "Football Yesterday". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  10. "No V.P.I.-St. Albans Game". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 5, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  11. "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved November 6, 2015.



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