1911 VPI football team
| 1911 VPI football | |
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SAIAA champion | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| 1911 record | 6–1–2 (1–0–1 SAIA) |
| Head coach | L. W. Riess (1st year) |
| Captain | Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs |
| Home stadium | Miles Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 L. W. Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 30, 1911 | Hampden–Sydney* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 16–0 | - | |||||
| October 6, 1911 | vs. UMBC* | Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA | W 12–0 | - | |||||
| October 14, 1911 | at Yale* | Yale Field • New Haven, CT | L 0–33 | - | |||||
| October 21, 1911 | Roanoke* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 94–0 | - | |||||
| October 28, 1911 | vs. Washington and Lee | Fair Grounds[1] • Roanoke, VA | T 5–5 | - | |||||
| November 4, 1911 | 3:00pm[2] | vs. North Carolina | Broad Street Park[2] • Richmond, VA | T 0–0 | 2,000[3] | ||||
| November 11, 1911 | Tennessee* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 36–11 | - | |||||
| November 18, 1911 | Morris Harvey* | Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 10–3 | - | |||||
| November 30, 1911 | vs. North Carolina A&M | Lafayette Field • Norfolk, VA | W 3–0 | 6,000[4] | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1911 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]
Players
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.[6]
| VPI 1911 roster | ||||||||
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Quarterback
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Substitutes
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References
- ↑ "Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 31, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- 1 2 "Foot Ball - Broad Street Park". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 5, 1911. p. 45. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1911–1912". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "The Bugle 1912" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1912. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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