1912 VPI Gobblers football team

1912 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1912 record	5–4 (1–2 SAIAA)
Head coach	Branch Bocock (3rd season)
Captain	William Henry Burruss
Home stadium	Miles Field
Seasons

Template:1912 SAIAA football standings The 1912 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1912 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28		Roanoke*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 40–0
October 5		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 42–7
October 12		at Princeton*	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–31
October 19		[[{{{school}}}|Western Maryland]]*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 44–0
October 26		vs. North Carolina	State Fair Grounds Raleigh, NC	W 26–0	2,000
November 2		Medical College of Virginia*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	L 0–10
November 9	3:00 p.m.	vs. Washington and Lee	Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA	L 6–20	3,500
November 16		West Virginia*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	W 41–0
November 28		at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	L 3–24
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Players

The following players were members of the 1912 football team according to the roster published in the 1913 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1912 roster
	Quarterback James Booth Rogers Guards Gordon Lefebre Arthur Penick Moore Lewis A. Pick Tackles William Henry Burruss (Capt.) Werner Joseph Schultz Thomas M. Whitehead Center Peyton Evans		Ends Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson Houston Boyd Hughes C. B. Mackan Halfbacks Withrow Reynolds Legge Orrin Rankin Magill David Walker Parrish Fullback John Rudisil Vawter