1915 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1915 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1915 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of four wins and four losses (4–4).

1915 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1915 record	4–4 (0–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Branch Bocock (6th season)
Captain	Vincent Bargmant Dixon
Home stadium	Miles Field

1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Virginia +	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee +	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Georgetown +	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Catholic University	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Johns Hopkins	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Richmond	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
VPI	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Roanoke*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 26–0
October 2	Randolph–Macon*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 19–3
October 9	Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 19–0
October 16	vs. Washington and Lee	Roanoke, VA	L 0–13	4,000[1]
October 23	at Navy*	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	L 0–20
October 30	at Cornell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–45
November 13	at West Virginia*	Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–19	-
November 25	vs. VMI*	Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 27–9
*Non-conference game

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1915 Virginia Tech football schedule[2]

Players

The following players were members of the 1915 football team according to the roster published in the 1916 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

VPI 1915 roster
	Quarterbacks Joseph Thomas Engleby Edward Kramer Funkhouser Arthur Palfrey Terry Guards Arthur Penick Moore George Ellsworth Treakle Tackles Loyal Clark Benedict Harry Joe Bopp John Staub Caffee Harry Temple Parrish		Centers Robert Ashby Henderson Arthur Blakie Moore Ends Benjamin Cottrell James Atkins Gregory Lyle George Hall Halfbacks Vincent Bargmant Dixon (Capt.) Robert Evans Denny David Nicholas Huddle James Franklin Powell Fullback Henry Redd		Substitutes Thomas Franklin Clemmer Allen Ernest Cloyd Frederick Dean Frank Allison Engleby Leonard Myrton Gaines Turner Ashby Graves Francis Alexander Gray Richard Harvey Percy Stuart Hayden Russell Minor Howell Charles Lewter Logan William Murry Lybrook Harry Douglas Roden Henry Luck Rosenbaum John Lee Thompson Walter Lee Turner Charles Evans Whitmore W. R. Williams

References

1. "Generals Defeat Techs 13 To 0" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 19, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
2. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1915–1916". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 6, 2015.
3. "The Bugle 1916" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1916. p. 192. Retrieved 2015-12-07.