1911 VPI football team

American college football season

1911 VPI football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–1–2
Head coach|

* Lew Riess (1st season)

Captain| Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs
Home stadium| Miles Field

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1911 Southern college football independents records

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Oklahoma |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Florida |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1
VMI |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Texas A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Georgetown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 3
North Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
VPI |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Louisiana Industrial |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1
Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1
Arkansas |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Oklahoma A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Texas |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington and Lee |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
West Virginia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Davidson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
North Carolina A&M |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Chattanooga |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Catholic University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Maryland |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Baylor |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Wake Forest |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Delaware |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
South Carolina |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Spring Hill |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Southwest Texas State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0
Middle Tennessee State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0

The 1911 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1911 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Lew Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).

## Contents

* 1 Schedule
* 2 Players
* 3 Game summaries
* 3.1 Cancelled Game with Western Maryland
* 4 References

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 30| | Hampden–Sydney|

* Miles Field
* Blacksburg, VA

| W 16–0| | [1]
October 6| | vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore|

* Lafayette Field
* Norfolk, VA

| W 12–0| | [2][3]
October 14| 3:00 p.m.| at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–33| | [4][5][6]
October 21| | Roanoke|

* Miles Field
* Blacksburg, VA

| W 93–0| | [7]
October 28| | vs. Washington and Lee|

* Fair Grounds
* Roanoke, VA

| T 5–5| 3,000| [8][9][10]
November 4| 3:00 p.m.| vs. North Carolina|

* Broad Street Park
* Richmond, VA

| T 0–0| 2,000| [11][12][13][14]
November 11| | Tennessee|

* Miles Field
* Blacksburg, VA

| W 36–11| | [15]
November 18| | Morris Harvey|

* Miles Field
* Blacksburg, VA

| W 10–3| | [16]
November 30| | vs. North Carolina A&M|

* Lafayette Field
* Norfolk, VA

| W 3–0| 6,000| [17]

* All times are in Eastern time

## Players[edit]

The following players were members of the 1911 football team according to the roster published in the 1912 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[18]

VPI 1911 roster

| Quarterback

* Charles A. Bernier

Guards

* Peyton Evans
* Lewis A. Pick

Tackles

* William Henry Burruss
* Werner Joseph Schultz

Center

* Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs (Capt.)

|  | Ends

* Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
* Gordon Lefebre

Halfbacks

* Claude Palmer Derby
* Frederick Hughes Legge

Fullback

* Robert C. Macon

|  | Substitutes

* Withrow Reynolds Legge
* James Booth Rogers
* Harry Briggs Vaughan
* John Rudisil Vawter
* Fred Tate Wyatt

## Game summaries[edit]

### Cancelled Game with Western Maryland[edit]

VPI was scheduled to play Western Maryland College on October 21, but Western Maryland cancelled and VPI played Roanoke.[19]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sixteen Points Scored By V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 1, 1911. p. 41. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
2. ^ "Teams Almost Come To Blows". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 7, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
3. ^ "Game Breaks Up In General Scrap". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
4. ^ "Yale Whips Virginians". New-York Tribune. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
5. ^ "Lose To Yale Eleven". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 61. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
6. ^ "Yale Backs Reel Off Long Runs on V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 15, 1911. p. 43. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
7. ^ "V.P.I. Makes Record Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 22, 1911. p. 47. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
8. ^ "Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 31, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
9. ^ "Evenly Matched Elevens Battle To Tie Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 29, 1911. p. 43. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
10. ^ "Prettiest Game in Country Here". Evening News. Library of Virginia. October 30, 1911. p. 5. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
11. ^ "Foot Ball - Broad Street Park". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 29, 1911. p. 44. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
12. ^ "Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 5, 1911. p. 45. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
13. ^ "In A Splendid Battle Carolina Plays V.P.I. To A Standstill". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 7, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
14. ^ "V.P.I. Held To Scoreless Tie By North Carolina". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
15. ^ "Make Long Runs for Touchdowns". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 12, 1911. p. 49. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
16. ^ "Tech's Work Not Up To Standard". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 19, 1911. p. 49. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
17. ^ "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
18. ^ "The Bugle 1912" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1912. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
19. ^ "V. P. I. Swamps Roanoke College". The Evening Journal. Library of Virginia. October 23, 1911. p. 8. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

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