1916 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only year as head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.[1]

1916 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record7–2 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Staub Caffee
Home stadiumMiles Field
1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
VPI $ 4 –0 –0  7 –2 –0
Georgetown 2 –0 –0  8 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 1 –0 –0  5 –2 –2
George Washington 2 –1 –0  3 –3 –1
North Carolina 2 –1 –0  5 –4 –0
Catholic University 2 –1 –0  4 –4 –0
Virginia 2 –1 –0  4 –5 –0
Davidson 1 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
Richmond 1 –3 –1  5 –2 –2
VMI 1 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
St. John's (MD) 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
William & Mary 0 –2 –1  2 –5 –2
Johns Hopkins 0 –2 –0  0 –2 –0
North Carolina A&M 0 –4 –0  2 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 30Richmond
W 13–0
October 7Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 10–0
October 14vs. West Virginia*Charleston, WV (rivalry)L 0–20
October 20at Yale*
L 0–19
October 28vs. North Carolina A&MNorfolk, VAW 40–03,000[2]
November 43:00 p.m.[3]vs. North Carolina
W 14–7
November 11Wake Forest*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 52–0
November 18Roanoke*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 41–0[4]
November 302:30 p.m.[5]vs. VMI
W 23–145,000[6]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1916 Virginia Tech football schedule[7]

Players

The following players were members of the 1916 football team according to the roster published in the 1917 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[8]

VPI 1916 roster
Quarterbacks
  • George Douglas Lancaster
  • Edwin Lee Roden

Guards

  • Russell Minor Howell
  • Harry Temple Parrish
  • Arthur Penick Moore

Tackles

  • John Staub Caffee (Capt.)
  • Lyle George Hall
 Center
  • Arthur Blakie Moore

Ends

Halfbacks

  • Frank Allison Engleby
  • Edward Kramer Funkhouser
  • Leonard Myrton Gaines
  • Robert Rodes Nelson

Fullback

 Substitutes
  • Clinton T. Barnes
  • Jay Frank Clemmer
  • Frank Edward Daly
  • James W. Farmer
  • Gardner
  • Turner Ashby Graves
  • Francis Alexander Gray
  • William Murry Lybrook
  • Guy Eugene McNeil
  • Donald Mack
  • George Frizzell Parrish
  • Daniel Harris Pritchard
  • Harry Douglas Roden
  • George Selben Somerville
  • Llewellyn Winn "Lew" Stringer
  • George Ellsworth Treakle

References
  1. Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association,College Football Data Warehouse
  2. "Virginia Techs Win Handily From Aggies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1916. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  3. "Kings of Gridiron Battle for South Atlantic Honors". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 4, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  4. "Roanoke College Beaten by V.P.I." The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 20, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  5. "Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  6. "Cadets are Defeated After Freakish Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  7. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1916–1917". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 8, 2015.
  8. "The Bugle 1917" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1917. p. 183. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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