1908 VPI football team
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| 1908 Virginia Tech Hokies football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1908 record | 5–4 |
| Head coach | R. M. Brown (1st year) |
| Captain | Joseph Talmage Luttrell |
| Home stadium | Gibboney Field |
The 1908 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1908 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. M. Brown and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| October 3, 1908 | Hampden–Sydney* | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 50–0 | - | |||||
| October 10, 1908 | at Clemson* | Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC | W 6–0 | - | |||||
| October 17, 1908 | at Princeton* | University Field • Princeton, NJ | L 4–10 | - | |||||
| October 24, 1908 | vs. VMI* | Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) | W 10–0 | - | |||||
| October 31, 1908 | vs. Washington and Lee* | Lynchburg, VA | W 15–4 | 5,000[1] | |||||
| November 7, 1908[2] | 3:30pm[3] | vs. North Carolina | Broad Street Park[4] • Richmond, VA | W 10–0 | - | ||||
| November 14, 1908 | George Washington | Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA | L 0–6 | - | |||||
| November 21, 1908 | at Navy* | Worden Field • Annapolis, MD | L 4–15 | - | |||||
| November 26, 1908 | vs. North Carolina A&M | Lafayette Field[5] • Norfolk, VA | L 5–6 | 5,000[5] | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1908 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]
Players
The following players were members of the 1908 football team according to the roster published in the 1909 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[7]
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References
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- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1908–1909". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 18, 2015.
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