1899 VPI football team Contents Schedule Season summary Players References Navigation menu"St. Albans School""Blacksburg 5, Tennessee 0""Varsity Defeats the Polytechnics""W.L.U. 0, V.P.I. 35"Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules"No V.P.I.-St. Albans Game""The Bugle 1903"eexpanding ite
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute1899 college football seasonJames MorrisonRadford, Virginia
1899 VPI football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1899 record | 4–1 |
| Head coach | James Morrison (1st season) |
| Captain | W. F. Cox |
| Home stadium | Sheib Field |
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).
Contents
1 Schedule
2 Season summary
2.1 Second Game Against St. Albans
3 Players
4 References
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7[1] | St. Albans Lutheran Boys School |
| W 21–0 | |
| October 21[2] | at Tennessee |
| W 5–0 | |
| November 11 | at Virginia |
| L 0–28[3] | |
| November 18 | vs. Roanoke | Roanoke, VA | W 45–0 | |
| November 25 | vs. Washington and Lee | Roanoke, VA | W 35–0 | 1,000[4] |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1899 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]
Season summary
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."[6]
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.[7]
VPI 1899 roster | ||||||||
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Quarterback
Guards
Tackles
Center
| Ends
Halfbacks
Fullback
| Substitutes
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References
^ "St. Albans School". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Blacksburg 5, Tennessee 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 22, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
^ "Varsity Defeats the Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 12, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
^ "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.
^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1899–1900". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 6, 2015.
^ "No V.P.I.-St. Albans Game". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 5, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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