1901 VPI football team

1901 VPI football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1
Head coach	A. B. Morrison Jr. (1st season)
Captain	Kit DeCamps
Home stadium	Sheib Field

1901 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial			–					2	–	0	–	0
Stetson			–					1	–	0	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					4	–	0	–	1
Marshall			–					2	–	0	–	1
Kentucky University			–					7	–	1	–	1
VPI			–					6	–	1	–	0
Nashville			–					6	–	1	–	1
Virginia			–					8	–	2	–	0
Texas			–					8	–	2	–	1
Davidson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Baylor			–					5	–	3	–	0
Gallaudet			–					4	–	2	–	2
Sewanee			–					4	–	2	–	2
William & Mary			–					2	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					6	–	4	–	1
VMI			–					4	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma			–					3	–	2	–	0
West Virginia			–					3	–	2	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	3	–	2
Kendall			–					2	–	2	–	0
Spring Hill			–					0	–	0	–	1
Wilmington Conference Academy			–					2	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma A&M			–					2	–	3	–	0
South Carolina			–					3	–	4	–	0
Arkansas			–					3	–	5	–	0
Add-Ran			–					1	–	2	–	1
Furman			–					1	–	2	–	1
Chilocco			–					2	–	5	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					1	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M			–					1	–	4	–	0
Maryland			–					1	–	7	–	0
Richmond			–					1	–	7	–	0
Florida Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
Louisiana Industrial			–					0	–	2	–	0
Tusculum			–							–

The 1901 VPI football team represented alina and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1901 college football season. The team was led by their head coach A. B. Morrison Jr. and finished with a record of six wins and one loss (6–1).

Scoring

The scoring in 1901 was:

• Touchdown worth 5 points
• Field goal worth 5 points
• Conversion (kick) worth 1 point
• Safety worth 2 points

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28		at Roanoke	Salem, VA	W 16–0		[1]
October 11		Washington and Lee	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 11–0		[2][3][4]
October 19	3:30pm	at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 32–6		[5][6][7]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 0–16	1,000	[8][9][10][11]
October 31		at Clemson	Fair Grounds Columbia, SC	W 17–11	5,000	[12][13]
November 16	3:00 p.m.	vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	W 18–0	1,000	[14][15]
November 28	2:30 p.m.	vs. VMI	Norfolk, VA (rivalry)	W 21–0	5,000	[16][17]
All times are in Eastern time

Original schedule

The 1901 football schedule for VPI listed in the September 22 edition of The Richmond Dispatch was as follows:^[18]

• September 28 – St. Albans in Blacksburg, Virginia (game was not played)
• October 5 – St. Albans in Radford, Virginia (game was not played)
• October 11 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (played on this date)
• October 26 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)
• November 9 – Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina (game was moved to October 31 and Columbia, South Carolina)
• November 16 – University of Maryland, Baltimore in Richmond, Virginia (played on this date)
• November 23 – open (Stayed open)
• November 28 – VMI in Norfolk, Virginia (played on this date)

The 1901 football schedule in the September 24 edition of The Roanoke Times included the following differences with the above schedule:^[19]

• October 12 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (game was moved to October 11 and played)
• October 19 – Georgetown in Washington, DC (game was played)
• October 26 – Virginia in Blacksburg (game was played)
• November 2 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)

VPI also hoped to schedule a game with the University of Georgia on November 9,^[19] but this game was not played.

After the games with St. Albans were not played on September 28 and October 5, The Richmond Dispatch reported that the teams would play each other at a horse and cattle show in Radford in late October.^[20] This game was not played.

Game summaries

Roanoke

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke in Salem, Virginia.

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ware (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Osterbind (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Beckett.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: A. McD. Smith (left end), Charles McNulty (left tackle), Americus Trundle (left guard), Charles Whipple (center), Robert Crockett (right guard), D. A. P. Laird (right tackle), Osman Swartz (right end), Henry Hall (quarterback), David Fielder (left halfback), George Haw (right halfback), James Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: Haney Conner.

Georgetown

See also: 1901 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Wilcox (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Davidson and Sayers.

The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Jimmy Kimberger (left end), Murray Russell (left tackle), Henry Hamm (left guard), Percy Given (center), Bill McLaughlin (right guard), Dan Mackay (right tackle), Sam Edmonston (right end), Paul Laroussini (quarterback), C. Moran Barry (left halfback), Ray Abbaticchio (right halfback), Preston Edmonston (fullback). The substitutes were: Morman, Joe Reilly, Joe Seitz and Frank Thedieck.

Virginia

Virginia vs. VPI

1 2 Total • UVA 10 6 16 VPI 0 0 0 Date: October 26, 1901 Location: Sheib Field Richmond, VA Game start: 3:30 p.m. Game attendance: 1,000 Referee: M. J. Thompson (Georgetown)

See also: 1901 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Davidson (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Miller and Ware.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: Alexis Hobson (left end), Herbert Waters (left tackle), B. S. Moore (left guard), Hurt (center), Christie Benet (right guard), Bradley Walker (right tackle), Bob Williams (right end), Ed Tutwiler (quarterback), Robert Coleman (left halfback), Burnley Lankford (right halfback), Franklin Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Church.

Clemson

See also: 1901 Clemson Tigers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), Miles (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Huffard (right halfback), Counselman (fullback).

The starting lineup for Clemson was: William Forsythe (left end), Beef DeCosta (left tackle), Brieden (left guard), Green (center), Jack Forsythe (right guard), William Sneed (right tackle), James Lynah (right end), Lewis (quarterback), Fred Pearman (left halfback), Hunter (right halfback), Claude Douthit (fullback).

Maryland, Baltimore

Maryland, Baltimore vs. VPI

1 2 Total MB 0 0 0 • VPI 6 12 18 Date: November 16, 1901 Location: Broad Street Park Richmond, VA Game start: 3:00 p.m. Game attendance: 1,000 Referee: Garnett Nelson

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), Miles (left tackle), Abbott (left guard), Steele (center), Wilson (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Turner (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell and Huffard.

The starting lineup for Maryland, Baltimore was: Winslow (left end), Scott (left tackle), Mitchell (left guard), Buck (center), Dribble (right guard), Drewry (right tackle), Dann (right end), Coffey (quarterback), Hayden (left halfback), Burns (right halfback), Rudolph (fullback).

VMI

VMI vs. VPI

1 2 Total VMI 0 0 0 • VPI 11 10 21 Date: November 28, 1901 Location: Norfolk, VA Game start: 2:30 p.m. Game attendance: 5,000 Referee: M. J. Thompson (Georgetown)

See also: 1901 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell and Sayers.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Jennings Wise (left end), Herbert Tutwiler (left tackle), Ira Johnson (left guard), Jesse Wright (center), Richard Beirne (right guard), Thomas Rinehart (right tackle), Beverley Tucker (right end), Eugene deSteiguer (quarterback), Andrew Rawn (left halfback), Victor Perry (right halfback), John Glenn (fullback). The substitutes were: George Dewey, Edward Johnson, Marshall Milton and George Ross.

Players

The following players were members of the 1901 football team according to the roster published in the 1902 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[21][22]

VPI 1901 roster
	Quarterback Kit DeCamps (Capt.) Guards Alvin Lee Abbott George Cralle Willson Tackles Sally Miles Hub McCormick Center Joseph Clyde Steele		Ends Ramey Creighton Childs Campbell Joe Ware Halfbacks Hunter Carpenter John Brabson Huffard Fullback John Counselman		Substitutes Archer Davidson George Coleman Miller Anderson Howard Sayers Turner Lalor Romaine Willcox

Coaching and training staff

• Head coach: A. B. Morrison Jr.
• Manager: James Bolton
• Assistant managers
  • G. Chalkley
  • J. M. Bryant

See also

• 1901 College Football All-Southern Team

References

1. "Salem News Items". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. September 29, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
2. "The V.P.I. Team Won". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 12, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
3. "V.P.I. Wins". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 12, 1901. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
4. "V. P. I. Wins" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 12, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
5. "A Great Game By V.P.I. Cadets". The Times. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
6. "Victorious Cadets". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
7. "Blue and Grey in the Dust". The Washington Times. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
8. "'Varsity Triumphant Over Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Congress. October 27, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
9. "Great Foot-Ball Day". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 27, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
10. "The 'Varsity Triumphant". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. October 28, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
11. "'Varsity Triumphant". The Cavalier Daily. November 2, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
12. "V.P.I., 17; Clemson, 11". The Times. Library of Congress. November 1, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
13. "The Great Ball Game". The Watchman and Southron. Library of Congress. November 6, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
14. "Cadets Won Easily". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 17, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
15. "Polytechs Defeat Maryland". The Times. Library of Congress. November 17, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
16. "The Polytechnic Team Defeat The Virginia Military Cadets". The Times. Library of Congress. November 29, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
17. "Many Foot-Ball Battles". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 29, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
18. "V.P.I. Foot-Ball Prospects". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 22, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
19. "Blacksburg Items". The Roanoke Times. Library of Congress. September 24, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
20. "Horse- And Cattle-Show". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 6, 1901. p. 27. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
21. "The Bugle 1902" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1902. p. 124. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
22. "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved November 11, 2015.