1913 VPI Gobblers football team

1913 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1913 record	7–1–1 (1–1–0 SAIAA)
Head coach	Branch Bocock (4th year)
Captain	Lewis A. Pick
Home stadium	Miles Field

1913 SAIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Carolina A&M $	2	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Maryland	1	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Washington and Lee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Georgetown	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Virginia	1	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
VPI	1	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1913 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27, 1913		Roanoke*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 26–0	-
October 4, 1913		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 14–0	-
October 11, 1913		Mississippi*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 35–14	-
October 18, 1913		VPI Stars*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 12–2	-
October 25, 1913		vs. North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	W 14–7	-
November 1, 1913	3:00pm^[1]	vs. Washington and Lee	Fair Grounds^[1] • Roanoke, VA	L 0–21	-
November 8, 1913		Marshall*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 47–0	-
November 15, 1913		Morris Harvey*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 14–0	-
November 27, 1913	3:00pm^[2]	vs. VMI*	Fair Grounds^[2] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	T 6–6	-
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1913 Virginia Tech football schedule^[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1913 football team according to the roster published in the 1914 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[4]

VPI 1913 roster

Quarterbacks

Vincent Bargmant Dixon
Millard Fillmore Peake

Guards

Turner Ashby Graves
W. A. Harris
Thomas M. Whitehead

Tackles

John Staub Caffee
Lewis A. Pick (Capt.)

Centers

Thomas Franklin Clemmer
William Franklin Effinger

Ends

Arthur Blakie Moore
Thomas McDowell Rives
Franklin Minor Taylor

Halfbacks

Withrow Reynolds Legge
David Walker Parrish

Fullback

Harry Warriner Sanders

Substitutes

W. J. Bright
Roland Legard Davis
H. C. MacRuth

References

1 2 "Sunshine and Crowd Welcome Teams For The Gridiron Battle". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
1 2 "Army of Cadets in Roanoke for Game". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1913. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1913–1914". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 6, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1914" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1914. p. 207. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

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