1914 VPI Gobblers football team

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).

1914 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1914 record6–2–1 (1–1 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Field
1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington and Lee + 3 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Virginia + 3 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
North Carolina 1 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
VPI 1 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Georgetown 0 –1 –1  2 –4 –2
North Carolina A&M 0 –2 –1  3 –3 –1
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –1 –0  0 –2 –0
Richmond 0 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26King*
W 35–0
October 3Randolph–Macon*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0
October 10Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 22–0
October 17vs. West Virginia Wesleyan*Charleston, WVL 0–13
October 24Roanoke*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
T 7–7
October 313:00 p.m.[1]vs. Washington and Lee
L 6–75,000[2]
November 7Marshall*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 54–6
November 143:00 p.m.[3]vs. North Carolina A&M
  • Fair Grounds[3]
  • Roanoke, VA
W 3–0400[4]
November 263:00 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
  • Millard Fillmore Peake

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. "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today". The World News. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1914. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. "Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  4. "V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1914. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. "Brilliant Scene Promised When V.M.I. Meets V.P.I." The World News. Library of Virginia. November 26, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  6. "V.P.I Victor Over U. M. I. on a Drop Kick". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  7. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1914–1915". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 6, 2015.
  8. "The Bugle 1915" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1915. p. 201. Retrieved 2015-12-06.


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