1911 VPI football team

The 1911 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1911 college football season. The team was led by their head coach L. W. Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).

1911 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainAubrey Gravatt Gibbs
Home stadiumMiles Field
1911 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oklahoma   –    8 –0 –0
Florida   –    5 –0 –1
VMI   –    7 –1 –0
Texas A&M   –    6 –1 –0
Georgetown   –    7 –1 –1
Navy   –    6 –0 –3
North Carolina   –    6 –1 –1
VPI   –    6 –1 –2
Virginia   –    8 –2 –0
Arkansas   –    6 –2 –1
Oklahoma A&M   –    5 –2 –0
Texas   –    5 –2 –0
Kentucky State   –    7 –3 –0
West Virginia   –    6 –3 –0
Davidson   –    5 –3 –0
North Carolina A&M   –    5 –3 –0
Chattanooga   –    3 –2 –0
Catholic University   –    3 –2 –2
Maryland   –    4 –4 –2
Baylor   –    3 –4 –2
Wake Forest   –    3 –5 –0
Delaware   –    2 –5 –2
South Carolina   –    1 –4 –2
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –    1 –4 –1
Spring Hill   –    1 –3 –0
Southwest Texas   –    1 –3 –0
William & Mary   –    1 –7 –1
Richmond   –    0 –6 –2
Middle Tennessee   –    0 –1 –0

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 30Hampden–Sydney
W 16–0
October 6vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore
W 12–0
October 14at Yale
L 0–33
October 21Roanoke
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 94–0
October 28vs. Washington and Lee
T 5–5
November 43:00 p.m.[2]vs. North Carolina
T 0–02,000[3]
November 11Tennessee
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 36–11
November 18Morris Harvey
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 10–3
November 30vs. North Carolina A&M
  • Lafayette Field
  • Norfolk, VA
W 3–06,000[4]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1911 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]

Players

The following players were members of the 1911 football team according to the roster published in the 1912 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6]

VPI 1911 roster
Quarterback

Guards

Tackles

  • William Henry Burruss
  • Werner Joseph Schultz

Center

  • Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs (Capt.)
 Ends
  • Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
  • Gordon Lefebre

Halfbacks

  • Claude Palmer Derby
  • Frederick Hughes Legge

Fullback

 Substitutes
  • Withrow Reynolds Legge
  • James Booth Rogers
  • Harry Briggs Vaughan
  • John Rudisil Vawter
  • Fred Tate Wyatt

References
  1. "Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 31, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  2. "Foot Ball - Broad Street Park". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1911. p. 2. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. "Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 5, 1911. p. 45. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. "V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1911–1912". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  6. "The Bugle 1912" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1912. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-12-03.


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