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1919 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record5–4 (2–4 SAIAA)
Head coachCharles Bernier (3rd season)
CaptainJames Thomas Hardwick
Henry Redd
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1918
1920 →

Template:1919 SAIAA football standings The 1919 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1919 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 4Hampden–Sydney*
W 13–0
October 11Richmond
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 21–0
October 18at Georgetown
L 7–33
October 25vs. Maryland State
  • Union League Park[1]
  • Washington, DC
W 6–0
November 1vs. Washington and LeeLynchburg, VAL 0–3
November 8Wake Forest*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 40–0
November 15vs. NC StateNorfolk, VAL 0–34,500[2]
November 22[[{{{school}}}|Emory and Henry]]*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 99–0
November 273:00 p.m.[3]vs. VMI
L 0–136,584[4]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1919 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players[]

The following players were members of the 1919 football team according to the roster published in the 1920 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1919 roster
Quarterback

Guards

Tackles

  • P. Hall
  • Walter Morgan Pierce

Centers

  • John Kelly Copenhaver
  • Harry Judson Hardwick
Ends
  • James Thomas Hardwick (Capt.)
  • George Frizzell Parrish

Halfbacks

  • J. R. Graham
  • Robert Drew Godsey
  • George Douglas Lancaster
  • Harry Lee McCann
  • Clarke Randolph Willey

Fullback

  • Henry Redd (Capt.)
Substitutes
  • Camper
  • Chapman
  • Glenn Vernon Glaze
  • Jones
  • Samuel Anderson McConkey
  • Guy Eldridge Rice
  • Shepherd
  • Walters
  • Washington

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