1910 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainVivian Burnett Hodgson
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
VPI 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Davidson 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
George Washington 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
Richmond 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1910 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1910 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Hampden–Sydney
W 18–0[1]
October 5Davidson
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 16–6[2][3]
October 15Western Maryland
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0[4][5]
October 22at Navy
L 0–3[6][7]
October 293:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
W 23–02,500[8][9][10]
November 53:15 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 20–03,000[11][12]
November 12vs. George WashingtonLynchburg, VAW 16–5[13][14]
November 242:30 p.m.vs. North Carolina A&M
L 3–510,000–12,000[15][16][17][18]

Players

The following players were members of the 1910 football team according to the roster published in the 1911 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[19]

VPI 1910 roster
Quarterback
  • John Lepburn Hughes

Guards

Tackles

  • William Henry Burruss
  • Jones

Center

  • Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs
 Ends
  • Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
  • Withrow Reynolds Legge

Halfbacks

  • Claude Palmer Derby
  • Frederick Hughes Legge

Fullback

  • Vivian Burnett Hodgson (Capt.)
 Substitutes
  • Charles A. Bernier
  • William Seymour Gravely
  • Hargrove
  • Harris
  • Rogers
  • Harry Briggs Vaughan
  • Wyatt

References

  1. ^ "Opening Game Won By V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 2, 1910. p. 39. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Davidson Loses To V.P.I. Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 6, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "V.P.I. Defeats Davidson Team". The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Fast Tech Eleven Defeats Maryland". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 16, 1910. p. 37. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "W.M.C. Defeated". The Democratic Advocate. Library of Congress. October 21, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "Navy Defeats V.P.I. By Score Of 3 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 23, 1910. p. 32. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Played a Plucky Game". Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. Library of Congress. October 24, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Gridiron Warriors Here for Fray". The Evening News. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Annual Game Goes to V.P.I." (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 1, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Old-Time Rivals Meet on Gridiron". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 30, 1910. p. 29. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "Blacksburg Eleven Swamps Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 6, 1910. p. 33. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Virginia Techs Outplay Us". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 9, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Hatchetites hold V.P.I. to 16 to 5". The Washington Herald. Library of Congress. November 13, 1910. p. 33. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "V.P.I. Downs George Washington In Fast Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 13, 1910. p. 35. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "V.P.I. Ready for Clash with A. & M." Daily Press. Library of Congress. November 24, 1910. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  16. ^ "Virginia Techs Downed By A. & M." Daily Press. Library of Congress. November 25, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  17. ^ "The Thanksgiving Game". Red & White. North Carolina State University. December 1910. p. 218. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  18. ^ "Techs are Defeated in Game Struggle". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 25, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  19. ^ "The Bugle 1911" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1911. p. 176. Retrieved November 18, 2015.


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