1921 VPI Gobblers football team

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1921 Virginia Tech Hokies football
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Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record 7–3 (3–2 SAIAA)
Head coach Ben Cubbage (1st year)
Captain Sumner D. Tilson
Home stadium Miles Field
Seasons
« 1920 1922 »
1921 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Washington & Lee $ 2 – 0 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown 1 – 0 – 0     8 – 1 – 0
St. John's (MD) 1 – 0 – 0     1 – 0 – 0
Virginia 5 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 1     5 – 2 – 2
VPI 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Richmond 2 – 2 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Maryland 2 – 2 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Catholic 2 – 2 – 0     3 – 5 – 0
NC State 1 – 1 – 3     3 – 3 – 3
William & Mary 1 – 3 – 1     4 – 3 – 1
Trinity 0 – 1 – 0     6 – 1 – 2
Davidson 0 – 1 – 3     3 – 4 – 3
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0     1 – 2 – 0
VMI 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
George Washington 0 – 3 – 1     3 – 3 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1921 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1921 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3).

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 24, 1921 Hampden–Sydney* Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 14–6   -
October 1, 1921 William & Mary Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 14–0   -
October 8, 1921 at Centre* Cheek Field and Farris Stadium • Danville, KY L 0–14   -
October 15, 1921 3:00pm[1] at Richmond Stadium Field[1] • Richmond, VA W 34–0   4,000[2]
October 22, 1921 vs. Maryland American League Park[3] • Washington, DC L 7–10   -
October 29, 1921 vs. Washington and Lee Lynchburg, VA L 0–3   6,000[4]–6,750[5]
November 5, 1921 Morris Harvey* Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 54–7   -
November 11, 1921 vs. NC State Norfolk, VA W 7–3   8,000[6]
November 19, 1921 Roanoke* Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA W 35–0   -
November 24, 1921 2:30pm[7] vs. VMI Fair Grounds[7] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 26–7   10,000[8]-15,000[9]
*Non-conference game.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1921 Virginia Tech football schedule[10]

Players

The following players were members of the 1921 football team according to the roster published in the 1922 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[11]

VPI 1921 roster
  • R. L. Baker
  • Herbert H. Gettle
  • Harry Judson Hardwick
  • H. W. Hess
  • A. F. Hutcheson
  • M. R. Jones
  • R. E. Moore
  • Robert James Rea
  • Franklyn Senator Resh
  • H. A. Sheppard
  • William Shields Sherertz
  • Harry McMullen Sutton
  • Sumner D. Tilson (Capt.)
  • John Graham "Rip" Wallace
  • Victor Peters Wilson

References

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  10. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1921–1922". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 18, 2015.
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