The 1914 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1914 college football season . The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1).
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance September 26 [[{{{school}}}|King]]* W 35–0
October 3 [[{{{school}}}|Randolph–Macon]]* Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 13–0
October 10 Hampden–Sydney * Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 22–0
October 17 vs. [[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Wesleyan]]* Charleston, WV L 0–13
October 24 Roanoke * Miles Field Blacksburg, VA T 7–7
October 31 3:00 p.m.[1] vs. Washington and Lee L 6–75,000[2]
November 7 Marshall * Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 54–6
November 14 3:00 p.m.[3] vs. North Carolina A&M Fair Grounds[3] Roanoke, VA W 3–0400[4]
November 26 3:00 p.m.[5] vs. VMI * W 3–05,000[6]
Source: HokieSports.com: 1914 Virginia Tech football schedule[7]
Players [ ]
The following players were members of the 1914 football team according to the roster published in the 1915 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[8]
VPI 1914 roster
Quarterback
Guards
Arthur Penick Moore
George Ellsworth Treakle
Tackles
Loyal Clark Benedict
John Staub Caffee
Centers
Robert Ashby Henderson
James Lewis Montague
Ends
James Atkins Gregory
James Franklin Powell
Thomas McDowell Rives
Franklin Minor Taylor
Nathan Louis Tyree
Halfbacks
Vincent Bargmant Dixon
Edward Kramer Funkhouser
David Nicholas Huddle
Fullback
William Frederick Sanders
Substitutes
Paxton Stuart Campbell
Benjamin Cottrell
Roland Legard Davis
Frank Allison Engleby
Richard Harvey
S. L. Huffman
Edward Vaughan-Lloyd
Charles Lewter Logan
David Conway Macon
Arthur Blakie Moore
Otto Phelps Oppenheimer
George Selben Somerville
Arthur Palfrey Terry
Samuel Jack Williams
References [ ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today" . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 1. October 31, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141031.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals" . Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 1, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TD19141101.1.13&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest" . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 1. November 14, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141114.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ "V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians" . Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 15, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19141115.1.15&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ "Brilliant Scene Promised When V.M.I. Meets V.P.I." . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 1. November 26, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141126.1.1&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ 6.0 6.1 "V.P.I Victor Over U. M. I. on a Drop Kick" . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 8. November 27, 1914. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19141127.1.8&e=------191-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1914-- . Retrieved December 6, 2015 .
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1914–1915". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 6, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1915" . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1915. p. 201. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1915/1915_BUGLE.pdf . Retrieved 2015-12-06 .