1900 VPI football team

The 1900 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1900 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Eugene Davis and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–3–1).

1900 VPI football
Conference	Independent
1900 record	3–3–1
Head coach	Eugene Davis (1st season)
Captain	John Brabson Huffard
Home stadium	Sheib Field

1900 Southern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Baylor			–					3	–	0	–	0
Davidson			–					4	–	1	–	0
Centre			–					4	–	1	–	1
Virginia			–					7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					5	–	1	–	3
VMI			–					4	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma			–					3	–	1	–	1
Kendall			–					2	–	1	–	0
Marshall			–					1	–	0	–	2
Navy			–					6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas			–					2	–	1	–	1
South Carolina			–					4	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					3	–	3	–	1
Texas A&M			–					2	–	2	–	1
Richmond			–					3	–	4	–	0
Maryland			–					3	–	4	–	1
Delaware			–					2	–	3	–	1
William & Mary			–					1	–	2	–	0
Furman			–					0	–	2	–	1
North Carolina A&M			–					0	–	4	–	0

Hunter Carpenter used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.[1][2] It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 6	St. Albans Lutheran Boys School	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 23–0[3][4]
October 20	at St. Albans Lutheran Boys School	Radford, VA	W 16–6[5]
October 25	at North Carolina A&M	Raleigh, NC	W 18–2[6]
October 27	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0[6]
November 14	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	L 5–17[7][8]
November 24	vs. Clemson	Charlotte, NC	L 5–12
November 25	vs. VMI	Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–5

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1900 Virginia Tech football schedule[9]

Players

The following players were members of the 1900 football team according to the roster published in the 1901 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[10][11]

VPI 1900 roster
	Quarterback Kit DeCamps Guards Alvin Lee Abbott Robert William Carper Tackles W. F. Cox Hub McCormick Center Joseph Clyde Steele		Ends Lindsay Louin Jewell William Stuart Moffett Halfbacks Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard (Capt.) Fullback Hunter Carpenter		Substitutes Robert Bland Beverley John Counselman David Franklin Gill Sally Miles Carter Clarke Osterbind Anderson Howard Sayers Joseph Clay Stiles

References

1. "Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. October 2010. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
2. "The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
3. "St. Albans Beaten". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
4. "V.P.I., 23; St. Albans, 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 7, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
5. "A Plucky Game". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 21, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
6. "N.C. University, 0; V.P.I., 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 28, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
7. "'Varsity Downs Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
8. "The Virginias Defeat Blacksburg Team by 17 to 5". The Virginian-Pilot. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1900. p. 11. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
9. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1900–1901". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 10, 2015.
10. "The Bugle 1901" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1901. p. 146. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
11. "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved 2015-11-10.