1915 VPI Gobblers football team

1915 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (0–1 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainVincent Bargmant Dixon
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1914
1916 →
1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia + 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee + 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Georgetown + 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Catholic University 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Johns Hopkins 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 0 – 0
Richmond 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
VPI 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
North Carolina A&M 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1915 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1915 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4).

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Roanoke*
W 26–0[1][2]
October 2Randolph–Macon*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 20–3[3]
October 9Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 19–0[4]
October 16vs. Washington and Lee
L 0–134,000[5][6][7]
October 23at Navy*
L 0–20[8][9]
October 30at Cornell*
L 0–45[10][11][12]
November 13at West Virginia*Morgantown, WV (rivalry)L 0–19[13][14][15]
November 252:30 p.m.vs. VMI*
W 27–9[16][17][18]

Game summaries

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Roanoke

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Roanoke vs. VPI
1 234Total
Roanoke 3 000 3
• VPI 7 766 26

The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Terry (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Denny (right halfback), Redd (fullback).
The substitutes were: Benedict, Bopp, Clemmer, F. A. Engleby, J. T. Engleby, Funkhouser, Graves, Gregory, Hall, Howell, Huddle and Logan.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Davidson (left end), Norman (left tackle), Kinser (left guard), O'Flaherty (center), Roe (right guard), S. L. Bonham (right tackle), Williams (right end), Douglas Bunting (quarterback), Hoffman (left halfback), R. H. Duncan (right halfback), J. H. Bonham (fullback). The substitutes were: Blue, Bowers, Flannigan, A. M. Groseclose and B. D. Painter.

Randolph–Macon

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Randolph–Macon vs. VPI
1 234Total
RM 3 000 3
• VPI 0 776 20
  • Date: October 2
  • Location: Miles Field
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Referee: Harlan Sanborn

The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Benedict (right guard), Hall (right tackle), Huddle (right end), Terry (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Denny (right halfback), Treakle (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, J. T. Engleby, Graves, A. P. Moore, Powell and Redd.

The starting lineup for Randolph–Macon was: Patterson (left end), Hastings Hopkins (left tackle), Morton (left guard), Hudnall (center), Gilbert Bush (right guard), Robert Scott (right tackle), William Scott (right end), Lancaster (quarterback), Young (left halfback), Gates Richardson (right halfback), Ingham (fullback). The substitutes were: Bassett and Woodson.

Hampden–Sydney

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Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI
1 234Total
HS 0 000 0
• VPI 0 0190 19
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Miles Field
    Blacksburg, VA
  • Referee: Harlan Sanborn

The starting lineup for VPI was: Huddle (left end), Parrish (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Bopp (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Funkhouser (quarterback), Denny (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Treakle (fullback). The substitutes were: Clemmer, Cottrell, Dixon, Engleby, Gregory, Hall, Harvey, Logan, Redd and Terry.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Walter Aylor (left end), John Shackelford (left tackle), Royster Lyle (left guard), Robert Gillespie (center), Ernest Herzig (right guard), Hank Crisp (right tackle), F. G. Goolsby (right end), Charles Bugg (quarterback), Thomas Parrish (left halfback), Edgar Pendleton (right halfback), James Warren (fullback). The substitutes were: Peyton Palmore and Zimmerman.

Washington and Lee

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Washington & Lee vs. VPI
1 234Total
• W&L 7 006 13
VPI 0 000 0
See also: 1915 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Bopp (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Benedict (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), A. P. Moore (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Denny, Gregory, Hall, Huddle, Parrish and Treakle.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: J. J. Izard (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), B. D. Bryan (left guard), Al Pierotti (center), F. M. Dingwall (right guard), Robert Ignico (right tackle), John Harrison (right end), Harry "Cy" Young (quarterback), Johnny Barrett (left halfback), Fred Sweetland (right halfback), J. H. Sorrells (fullback). The substitutes were: Lawrence Bagley, Turner Bethel and S. M. Graham.

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VPI at Navy
1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• Navy 0 6131 20
See also: 1915 Navy Midshipmen football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. B. Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Parrish (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Hall (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Denny and Huddle.

The starting lineup for Navy was: Jesse Kenworthy (left end), Clarence Ward (left tackle), Merrill Kercher (left guard), H. Goodstein (center), Eugene Smith (right guard), Arthur Gilman (right tackle), Thomas Harrison (right end), Arthur Miles (quarterback), Frederick Westphall (left halfback), Harold Martin (right halfback), Ernest Von Heimburg (fullback). The substitutes were: Clark, Carlyle Craig, Robert Dashiell, Ward Davis, Thomas Fisher, Benjamin Holcombe, W. C. Luth and Louis Vail.

Cornell

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VPI at Cornell
1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• Cornell 14 13126 45
See also: 1915 Cornell Big Red football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Cottrell (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Bopp (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Treakle (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Hall (right end), Terry (quarterback), Engleby (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Gray, Gregory, Henderson, Lybrook and A. P. Moore.

The starting lineup for Cornell was: Murray Shelton (left end), William Jameson (left tackle), Peter Miller (left guard), Gib Cool (center), Edward Anderson (right guard), Fred Gillies (right tackle), Paul Eckley (right end), Charley Barrett (quarterback), Carlton Collins (left halfback), Fritz Shiverick (right halfback), Lucien Mueller (fullback). The substitutes were: George Bard, Horace Benedict, Wiser Brown, Carey, Wesley Dixon, Fisher, Arthur Hoffman, Rexford Jewett, Edwin Kleinert, John Lewis, Masson, McCormick, John McKeage, Robert Ryerson, Fred P. Schlichter, Arthur Shock, Herbert Snyder and Roy Zander.

Cancelled Game with King College

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VPI was scheduled to play King College on November 6 in Blacksburg, Virginia.[19]

West Virginia

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VPI at West Virginia
1 2Total
VPI 0 0 0
• WVU 19 0 19
See also: 1915 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Huddle (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. P. Moore (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Bopp (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Hall (right end), Terry (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Cottrell, Engleby and Henderson.

The starting lineup for West Virginia was: Harold Hutchinson (left end), Russ Bailey (left tackle), Howard Henrie (left guard), Oscar Lambert (center), Dorsey Brannon (right guard), J. Burns Webster (right tackle), Jasper Colebank (right end), Fred Chenoweth (quarterback), Clay Hite (left halfback), Harry Curry (right halfback), Rip King (fullback). The substitutes were: Glenn Allen, Victor Biddle, William Dougher, Jack Latterner, Carl Leatherwood and G. Andrew Northcott.

VMI

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VMI vs. VPI
1 234Total
VMI 0 036 9
• VPI 10 1007 27
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Fair Grounds
    Roanoke, VA
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m.
  • Referee: Langford
    (Trinity)
See also: 1915 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Gregory (left end), Benedict (left tackle), A. P. Moore (left guard), A. B. Moore (center), Bopp (right guard), Parrish (right tackle), Gaines (right end), Funkhouser (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Powell (right halfback), Redd (fullback). The substitutes were: Caffee, Dixon, Engleby, Hall and Henderson.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Mose Goodman (left end), Matthew Steele (left tackle), John Pitts (left guard), George Snead (center), Sterling Heflin (right guard), Cullom (right tackle), Nathaniel Massie (right end), Stanton Bertschey (quarterback), James Nelms (left halfback), Carlos Fetterolf (right halfback), Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Ayers, Oliver Bucher, John Fechheimer, Gray, Hawkins, Peyton Marshall, Mason, McCormick, McCown, Paul, Lindsay Pitts and Sullivan.

Players

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The following players were members of the 1915 football team according to the roster published in the 1916 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[20]

VPI 1915 roster
Quarterbacks
  • Joseph Thomas Engleby
  • Edward Kramer Funkhouser
  • Arthur Palfrey Terry

Guards

  • Arthur Penick Moore
  • George Ellsworth Treakle

Tackles

  • Loyal Clark Benedict
  • Harry Joe Bopp
  • John Staub Caffee
  • Harry Temple Parrish
 Centers
  • Robert Ashby Henderson
  • Arthur Blakie Moore

Ends

  • Benjamin Cottrell
  • James Atkins Gregory
  • Lyle George Hall

Halfbacks

  • Vincent Bargmant Dixon (Capt.)
  • Robert Evans Denny
  • David Nicholas Huddle
  • James Franklin Powell

Fullback

Substitutes
  • Thomas Franklin Clemmer
  • Allen Ernest Cloyd
  • Frederick Dean
  • Frank Allison Engleby
  • Leonard Myrton Gaines
  • Turner Ashby Graves
  • Francis Alexander Gray
  • Richard Harvey
  • Percy Stuart Hayden
  • Russell Minor Howell
  • Charles Lewter Logan
  • William Murry Lybrook
  • Harry Douglas Roden
  • Henry Luck Rosenbaum
  • John Lee Thompson
  • Walter Lee Turner
  • Charles Evans Whitmore
  • W. R. Williams

Coaching and training staff

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  • Head coach: Branch Bocock
  • Assistant coach: Donald Munsick
  • Manager: W. L. Cogbill
  • Assistant managers
    • Walton Ellingsworth
    • J. H. East
    • P. S. Campbell

References

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  1. ^ "Techs Win From Roanoke". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 26, 1915. p. 26. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Roanoke College Defeated By V.P.I." The World News. Library of Virginia. September 27, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "Jackets Get Field Goal". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 3, 1915. p. 29. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "V.P.I. Wins Dull Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 10, 1915. p. 27. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Generals Defeat Techs 13 To 0" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 19, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Cy Young Badly Injured". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 17, 1915. p. 23. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Washington & Lee Swamped V.P.I. In Roanoke". The Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. October 20, 1915. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "The 20-0 Victory of Middies Vs. Polys". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 25, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "Techs Lose To Middies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 24, 1915. p. 25. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "Cornell Finds Weak Opposition In Virginia Poly". New-York Tribune. Library of Congress. October 31, 1915. p. 15. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  11. ^ "New Forward Pass Sprung By Cornell". The Sun. Library of Congress. October 31, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ^ "Techs Lose To Cornell". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 31, 1915. p. 26. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "West Virginia blanks Virginia Polytechnics, 19–0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 14, 1915. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Mountaineers Win From Virginia Team". The Sunday Telegram. Library of Congress. November 14, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "Another Nice Scalp For W.V.U. Team". The West Virginian. Library of Congress. November 15, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  16. ^ "Tech Outplays V.M.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 26, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  17. ^ "V.P.I. Piles Up Big Score On V.M.I. In Annual Game Here". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 7. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  18. ^ "V.M.I. Loses Thanksgiving Game". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 29, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  19. ^ "V.P.I. Schedule For Season Is Announced". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. August 22, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  20. ^ "The Bugle 1916" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1916. p. 192. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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