1908 VPI football team

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).

1908 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record5–4
Head coachR. M. Brown (1st season)
CaptainJoseph Talmage Luttrell
Home stadiumGibboney Field
1908 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Virginia   –    7 –0 –1
George Washington   –    8 –1 –1
Oklahoma   –    8 –1 –1
Tulane   –    7 –1 –0
North Carolina A&M   –    6 –1 –0
Navy   –    9 –2 –1
Florida   –    5 –2 –1
Davidson   –    5 –2 –2
TCU   –    6 –3 –0
VMI   –    4 –2 –0
VPI   –    5 –4 –0
Texas   –    5 –4 –0
Kentucky State   –    4 –3 –0
West Virginia   –    5 –3 –0
North Carolina   –    3 –3 –3
Delaware   –    3 –4 –1
William & Mary   –    4 –6 –1
Kendall   –    2 –3 –0
South Carolina   –    3 –5 –1
Georgetown   –    2 –4 –1
Maryland   –    3 –8 –0
Stetson   –    0 –1 –1
Wake Forest   –    1 –4 –0
Southwest Texas State   –    0 –2 –0

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 3Hampden–Sydney
W 50–0
October 10at Clemson
  • Bowman Field
  • Calhoun, SC
W 6–0
October 17at Princeton
L 4–10
October 24vs. VMIRoanoke, VA (rivalry)W 10–0
October 31vs. Washington and LeeLynchburg, VAW 15–45,000[1]
November 7[2]3:30 p.m.[3]vs. North Carolina
W 10–02,000[5]
November 14George Washington
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–6
November 21at Navy
L 4–15
November 26vs. North Carolina A&M
L 5–65,000[6]
  • 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
Quarterback
  • Frederick William Connolly

Guards

Tackles

  • Harry Guilford Jones
  • John Porter Jones

Center

  • Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs
 Ends
  • Thomas Paret Hicks
  • Paul Phillippi Huffard

Halfbacks

  • Henry Evans Billups
  • Joseph Talmage Luttrell (Capt.)

Fullback

  • Vivian Burnett Hodgson

References
  1. "Techs Play Rings Round W. & L." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  2. "Tech Outpoint Carolina Rivals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. "Techs and Tarheels Ready For the Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. "Foot-Ball V.P.I. vs. Carolina". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1908. p. E2. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. "V.P.I. Defeats Carolina". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 12, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  6. "Their Relations Are Broken Off". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1908–1909". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 18, 2015.
  8. "The Bugle 1909" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1909. p. 152. Retrieved 2015-11-18.


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