1908 VPI football team
1908 VPI football | |
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Conference | Independent |
1908 record | 5–4 |
Head coach | R. M. Brown (1st season) |
Captain | Joseph Talmage Luttrell |
Home stadium | Gibboney Field |
The 1908 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1908 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. M. Brown and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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October 3, 1908 | Hampden–Sydney* | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 50–0 | - | |||||
October 10, 1908 | at Clemson* | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | W 6–0 | - | |||||
October 17, 1908 | at Princeton* | University Field • Princeton, NJ | L 4–10 | - | |||||
October 24, 1908 | vs. VMI* | Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) | W 10–0 | - | |||||
October 31, 1908 | vs. Washington and Lee* | Lynchburg, VA | W 15–4 | 5,000[1] | |||||
November 7, 1908[2] | 3:30pm[3] | vs. North Carolina | Broad Street Park[4] • Richmond, VA | W 10–0 | 2,000[5] | ||||
November 14, 1908 | George Washington | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 0–6 | - | |||||
November 21, 1908 | at Navy* | Worden Field • Annapolis, MD | L 4–15 | - | |||||
November 26, 1908 | vs. North Carolina A&M | Lafayette Field[6] • Norfolk, VA | L 5–6 | 5,000[6] | |||||
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1908 Virginia Tech football schedule[7]
Players
The following players were members of the 1908 football team according to the roster published in the 1909 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[8]
VPI 1908 roster | ||||||||
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Quarterback
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Ends
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References
- ↑ "Techs Play Rings Round W. & L." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Tech Outpoint Carolina Rivals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Techs and Tarheels Ready For the Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Foot-Ball V.P.I. vs. Carolina". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1908. p. E2. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "V.P.I. Defeats Carolina". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- 1 2 "Their Relations Are Broken Off". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1908–1909". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1909" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1909. p. 152. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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