Template:1920 SAIAA football standings
The 1920 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1920 college football season . The team was led by their head coach Stanley Sutton and finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6).
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance September 25 Hampden–Sydney * W 35–0October 2 William & Mary Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 21–0October 9 [[{{{school}}}|Emory and Henry]]* Miles Field Blacksburg, VA W 75–6October 16 at Rutgers * L 6–19October 23 Maryland Miles Field Blacksburg, VA L 0–7October 30 vs. Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA L 0–135,000[1] November 6 3:00 p.m.[2] at Richmond W 21–03,000[3] November 11 vs. NC State Norfolk, VA L 6–145,000[4] November 20 vs. Centre * Louisville, KY L 0–28November 25 2:30 p.m.[5] vs. VMI L 7–2415,000[6] [7]
Source: HokieSports.com: 1920 Virginia Tech football schedule[8] Players [ ] The following players were members of the 1920 football team according to the roster published in the 1921 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[9]
VPI 1920 roster
Quarterback Guards
Franklyn Senator Resh
Robert M. Saunders
William Shields Sherertz Tackles
Center
Ends Dwight Foster Carpenter
George Frizzell Parrish (Capt.)
Guy Eldridge Rice Halfbacks
Samuel Dennison Shaeffer
Harry McMullen Sutton
John Graham "Rip" Wallace Fullbacks
John A. Martin
Henry Redd (Capt.)Wally Shaner
References [ ]
↑ "Virginia Tech Vanquished By Generals In 13–0 Game" . Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University ): p. 1. November 2, 1920. https://repository.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/28745/RTP_19201102.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y . Retrieved February 1, 2016 .↑ "Richmond Ready For Big Grid Game Today" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19201106.1.6&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1920-- . Retrieved December 14, 2015 .↑ 3.0 3.1 "Richmond's Big Gridiron Contest Is Won By Tech" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19201107.1.21&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1920-- . Retrieved December 14, 2015 .↑ "Virginia Tech Succumbs Before Tarheel Attack" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19201112.1.10&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1920--# . Retrieved December 14, 2015 .↑ 5.0 5.1 "V.M.I. and V.P.I. Clash at Fair Grounds in Annual Classic This Afternoon" . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 1. November 25, 1920. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19201125.1.1&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1920-- . Retrieved December 14, 2015 .↑ "V.M.I. Concludes Season with Clean Slate; Wins Over V.P.I. By Score 24-7" . The World News (Library of Virginia): p. 13. November 26, 1920. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TWN19201126.1.13&e=------192-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1920-- . Retrieved December 14, 2015 .↑ "V.M.I. Wallops V.P.I." . The Cadet Virginia Military Institute ): p. 1. November 27, 1920. http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15821coll8/id/3079/rec/9 . Retrieved February 3, 2016 .↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1920–1921". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 14, 2015.↑ "The Bugle 1921" . Virginia Tech Bugle . http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1921/1921_BUGLE.pdf . Retrieved 2016-01-07 .
