1914 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–2–1 (1–1 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
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1915 →
1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

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).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26King*
W 35–0[1]
October 3Randolph–Macon*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 13–0[2]
October 10Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 22–0[3][4]
October 17vs. West Virginia Wesleyan*Charleston, WVL 0–13[5]
October 24Roanoke*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
T 7–7[6][7][8]
October 313:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
L 6–75,000[9][10]
November 7Marshall*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 54–6[11][12]
November 143:00 p.m.vs. North Carolina A&M
  • Fair Grounds
  • Roanoke, VA
W 3–0400[13][14]
November 263:00 p.m.vs. VMI*
W 3–05,000[15][16][17][18]

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.[19]

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

Game summaries

King

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Whitehead (left tackle), Montague (left guard), Savage (center), Benedict (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Peake (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Engleby, Harvey, Henderson, Macon, Moore, Robertson, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd.

Hampden–Sydney

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), Oppenheimer (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Savage, Somerville, Taylor, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd.

West Virginia Wesleyan

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Oppenheimer (left guard), Savage (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Powell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Gregory, Macon, Montague, Rives and Somerville.

Roanoke

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Moore (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Huddle (fullback). The substitutes were: Cottrell, Engleby, Harvey, Macon, Perry, Rives, Sanders, Somerville and Vaughan-Lloyd.

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Caffee (left tackle), Cottrell (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Vaughan-Lloyd (right end), Peake (quarterback), Macon (left halfback), Huddle (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Engleby, Funkhouser, Graves, Gregory, Oppenheimer and Rives.

Marshall

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Tyree (right end), Terry (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell, Cottrell, Dixon, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Hill, Huddle, Logan, Macon, Oppenheimer, Rives, Vaughan-Lloyd and Williams.

North Carolina A&M

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), A. P. Moore (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Henderson (center), A. B. Moore (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Macon (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Harvey, Oppenheimer and Terry.

VMI

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Rives and Terry.

References

  1. ^ "V.P.I. Scores 35 Points". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 27, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Slow Game Won By Randolph-Macon". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 4, 1914. p. 17. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Virginia Polytechnic Trims Hampden-Sidney". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Hampden Sidney Makes Showing Against Techs". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "Virginia Polytechnic Defeated By Wesleyan". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 19, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "Roanoke College Holds V.P.I. To 7-To-7 Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "Roanoke Holds Tech Eleven to 7-7 Score". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "Roanoke Boys Give V. P. I. Cadets A Jolt". Salem Times-Register and Sentinel. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today". The World News. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  10. ^ "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 1, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  11. ^ "V.P.I. Plays Rings Around Marshall College Eleven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 8, 1914. p. 22. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "V. P. I. Defeats Marshall Squad". The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  14. ^ "V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 15, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Dick Harvey's Toe Wins For V.P.I. Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  18. ^ "Varsity Loses To V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  19. ^ "The Bugle 1915" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1915. p. 201. Retrieved December 6, 2015.


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