1904 VPI football team

The 1904 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1904 college football season. The team was led by their head coach John C. O'Connor and finished with a record of five wins and three losses (5–3).

1904 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1904 record5–3
Head coach
CaptainGeorge C. Willson
Home stadiumGibboney Field
1904 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgetown      7 1 0
Southwest Texas      5 1 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial      2 0 1
Davidson      6 1 1
Navy      7 2 1
North Carolina      5 2 2
Virginia      6 3 0
North Carolina A&M      3 1 2
West Virginia      6 3 0
VPI      5 3 0
Arkansas      4 3 0
Oklahoma      4 3 1
South Carolina      4 3 1
Stetson      2 2 0
William & Mary      3 3 0
Central Oklahoma      2 3 0
VMI      3 5 0
Grant      2 3 0
Florida State College      2 3 0
Maryland      2 4 2
Baylor      2 5 1
TCU      1 4 1
Delaware      1 5 1
Oklahoma A&M      0 4 1
Florida at Lake City      0 5 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 1RichmondW 18–0
October 8[1]Washington and Lee
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 24–0
October 12Nashville
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 32–0
October 22William & Mary
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 30–0
October 29North Carolina
  • Gibboney Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–6
November 5vs. Virginia
L 0–53,000[2]
November 19at NavyL 0–11
November 243:20 p.m.[3]vs. VMIRoanoke, VA (rivalry)W 17–53,000[3]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1904 Virginia Tech football schedule[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1904 football team according to the roster published in the 1905 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[5]

VPI 1904 roster
Quarterback
  • Edwin Rollins Harris

Guards

  • McCulloch
  • Frank Henry Stickling

Tackles

  • Bernard Daxon Hynes
  • George Cralle Willson (Capt.)

Center

  • Joseph Clay Stiles
Ends
  • Thomas Walker Lewis
  • Wilmer Nelson Robins

Halfbacks

  • Conner
  • George Newman Harris

Fullback

Substitutes
  • C. Ballard Cox
  • Murray Valentine Harlan
  • Harry A. Treadwell
  • Philip McGregor Shuey

References

  1. "V.P.I., 24; W. and L., 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 9, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  2. "It Was A Desperate Struggle". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 6, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. "Blacksburg Boys Win". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 25, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1904–1905". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 13, 2015.
  5. "The Bugle 1905" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1905. p. 153. Retrieved 2015-11-13.


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