en 1914 VPI Gobblers football team

1914 VPI Gobblers football
1914 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	6–2–1 (1–1 SAIAA)
Head coach	Branch Bocock (5th season);
Home stadium	Miles Field
	Seasons ← 1913 1915 →

1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington and Lee +	3	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Virginia +	3	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
VPI	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Georgetown	0	–	1	–	1	2	–	4	–	2
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	2	–	0
Richmond	0	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1914 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1914 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins, two losses and one tie (6–2–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		King*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 35–0		^[1]
October 3		Randolph–Macon*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0		^[2]
October 10		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 22–0		^[3]^[4]
October 17		vs. West Virginia Wesleyan*	Charleston, WV	L 0–13		^[5]
October 24		Roanoke*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	T 7–7		^[6]^[7]^[8]
October 31	3:00 p.m.	vs. Washington and Lee	Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA	L 6–7	5,000	^[9]^[10]
November 7		Marshall*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 54–6		^[11]^[12]
November 14	3:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina A&M	Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA	W 3–0	400	^[13]^[14]
November 26	3:00 p.m.	vs. VMI*	Fair Grounds Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 3–0	5,000-7,000	^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Before the season

The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 7–1–1 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his fourth season as head coach.

Game summaries

King

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over King at Miles Field.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Whitehead (left tackle), Montague (left guard), Savage (center), Benedict (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Peake (quarterback), Huddle (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Engleby, Harvey, Henderson, Macon, Moore, Robertson, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd.

The starting lineup for King was: George King (left end), Smith (left tackle), Newland (left guard), Wood (center), Graham (right guard), Kincaid (right tackle), Lee (right end), Burrows (quarterback), Caldwell (left halfback), Fain (right halfback), Davidson (fullback).

Randolph–Macon

After their victory over King, VPI played Randolph–Macon College at Miles Field.

Hampden–Sydney

Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI

	1	2	3	4	Total
HS	0	0	0	0	0
• VPI	7	6	0	9	22

Date: October 10, 1914
Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), Oppenheimer (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Savage, Somerville, Taylor, Treakle and Vaughan-Lloyd.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: P. C. Adams (left end), Robert Guthrie (left tackle), Robert Warwick (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), R. B. Thompson (right guard), John Shackelford (right tackle), Frank Massie (right end), Walter Thurman (quarterback), A. B. Driver (left halfback), Peyton Palmore (right halfback), Perkins (fullback).

West Virginia Wesleyan

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Oppenheimer (left guard), Savage (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Powell (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Moore (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Funkhouser, Gregory, Macon, Montague, Rives and Somerville.

The starting lineup for West Virginia Wesleyan was: W. Guy Morrison (left end), Herbert Withers (left tackle), Everett Morgan (left guard), William Singleton (center), Harry Vance (right guard), John Kellison (right tackle), James Heavener (right end), Harry Stansbury (quarterback), O. Shumaker (left halfback), R. Worth Shumaker (right halfback), William Jacobs (fullback). The substitutes were: Charles Allen and Bobbitt.

Roanoke

Roanoke vs. VPI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Roanoke	0	7	0	0	7
VPI	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 24, 1914
Location: Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA
Game weather: "slippery"
Referee: Miles

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Moore (left tackle), Benedict (left guard), Montague (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Huddle (fullback). The substitutes were: Cottrell, Engleby, Harvey, Macon, Perry, Rives, Sanders, Somerville and Vaughan-Lloyd.

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Harman (left end), S. L. Bonham (left tackle), Roe (left guard), O'Flaherty (center), Kellenger (right guard), R. H. Duncan (right tackle), Harman (right end), Douglas Bunting (quarterback), Hoffman (left halfback), Krieger (right halfback), J. H. Bonham (fullback).

Washington and Lee

Washington & Lee vs. VPI

	1	2	3	4	Total
• W&L	0	7	0	0	7
VPI	6	0	0	0	6

Date: October 31, 1914
Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA
Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jack Gass

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Caffee (left tackle), Cottrell (left guard), Montague (center), Williams (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Vaughan-Lloyd (right end), Peake (quarterback), Macon (left halfback), Huddle (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Engleby, Funkhouser, Graves, Gregory, Oppenheimer and Rives.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: I. R. Simms (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), B. D. Bryan (left guard), Al Pierotti (center), F. B. Scarry (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), John Harrison (right end), John Gallagher (quarterback), Harry "Cy" Young (left halfback), Fred Sweetland (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: F. M. Dingwall, Edward Donahue, Joseph Milner and William Smith.

Marshall

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Treakle (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Tyree (right end), Terry (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell, Cottrell, Dixon, Engleby, Gregory, Harvey, Hill, Huddle, Logan, Macon, Oppenheimer, Rives, Vaughan-Lloyd and Williams.

The starting lineup for Marshall was: Yeater (left end), Boner (left tackle), Shepherd (left guard), Callilion (center), Groves (right guard), Ramsey (right tackle), Miller (right end), Nagles (quarterback), Reefer (left halfback), Cundiff (right halfback), Lawrence (fullback).

North Carolina A&M

North Carolina A&M vs. VPI

	1	2	3	4	Total
NC A&M	0	0	0	0	0
• VPI	0	0	3	0	3

Date: November 14, 1914
Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA
Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 400
Game weather: "soaking rain"
Referee: Jack Gass

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rives (left end), A. P. Moore (left tackle), Williams (left guard), Henderson (center), A. B. Moore (right guard), Benedict (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Funkhouser (left halfback), Macon (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Dixon, Harvey, Oppenheimer and Terry.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: J. E. McDougall (left end), Herman Winston (left tackle), Charles Proffitt (left guard), R. A. Plyler (center), R. C. Young (right guard), C. C. Cooke (right tackle), Clem Seifert (right end), C. E. Van Brocklin (quarterback), Wallace Riddick (left halfback), W.F. Townsend (right halfback), P. G. Tenney (fullback). The substitutes were: J. V. Champion and N. S. Sharp.

VMI

VMI vs. VPI

	1	2	3	4	Total
VMI	0	0	0	0	0
• VPI	0	0	0	3	3

Date: November 26, 1914
Location: Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA
Game start: 3:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 5,000-7,000
Game weather: "ideal"
Referee: Land (Navy)

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Benedict (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Henderson (center), Williams (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Franklin (right end), Peake (quarterback), Dixon (left halfback), Funkhouser (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Gregory, Harvey, Huddle, Macon, Rives and Terry.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Thomas Arms (left end), John Pitts (left tackle), Vernon Somers (left guard), Oscar Beasley (center), Claude Cammer (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Nathaniel Massie (right end), James Nelms (quarterback), Andrew Holderby (left halfback), James Bain (right halfback), Laurence Oakes (fullback). The substitutes were: Carlos Fetterolf, Mose Goodman, Sterling Heflin, Winfred Kidd, Peyton Marshall and William Speed.

Players

The following players were members of the 1914 football team according to the roster published in the 1915 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[19]

VPI 1914 roster

Quarterback

Millard Fillmore Peake

Guards

Arthur Penick Moore
George Ellsworth Treakle

Tackles

Loyal Clark Benedict
John Staub Caffee

Centers

Robert Ashby Henderson
James Lewis Montague

Ends

James Atkins Gregory
James Franklin Powell
Thomas McDowell Rives
Franklin Minor Taylor
Nathan Louis Tyree

Halfbacks

Vincent Bargmant Dixon
Edward Kramer Funkhouser
David Nicholas Huddle

Fullback

William Frederick Sanders

Substitutes

Paxton Stuart Campbell
Benjamin Cottrell
Roland Legard Davis
Frank Allison Engleby
Richard Harvey
S. L. Huffman
Edward Vaughan-Lloyd
Charles Lewter Logan
David Conway Macon
Arthur Blakie Moore
Otto Phelps Oppenheimer
George Selben Somerville
Arthur Palfrey Terry
Samuel Jack Williams

Coaching and training staff

Head coach: Branch Bocock
Manager: C. A. Cutchins

References

^ "V.P.I. Scores 35 Points". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 27, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Slow Game Won By Randolph-Macon". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 4, 1914. p. 17. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Virginia Polytechnic Trims Hampden-Sidney". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Hampden Sidney Makes Showing Against Techs". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Virginia Polytechnic Defeated By Wesleyan". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 19, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Roanoke College Holds V.P.I. To 7-To-7 Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Roanoke Holds Tech Eleven to 7-7 Score". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "Roanoke Boys Give V. P. I. Cadets A Jolt". Salem Times-Register and Sentinel. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today". The World News. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 1, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
^ "V.P.I. Plays Rings Around Marshall College Eleven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 8, 1914. p. 22. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "V. P. I. Defeats Marshall Squad". The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ "Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 15, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "Brilliant Scene Promised When V.M.I. Meets V.P.I." The World News. Library of Virginia. November 26, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "V.P.I Victor Over U. M. I. on a Drop Kick". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "Dick Harvey's Toe Wins For V.P.I. Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "Varsity Loses To V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ "The Bugle 1915" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1915. p. 201. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[1] "V.P.I. Scores 35 Points". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 27, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[2] "Slow Game Won By Randolph-Macon". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 4, 1914. p. 17. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[3] "Virginia Polytechnic Trims Hampden-Sidney". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[4] "Hampden Sidney Makes Showing Against Techs". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 11, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[5] "Virginia Polytechnic Defeated By Wesleyan". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 19, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[6] "Roanoke College Holds V.P.I. To 7-To-7 Score". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[7] "Roanoke Holds Tech Eleven to 7-7 Score". The Richmond Virginian. Library of Congress. October 25, 1914. p. 16. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[8] "Roanoke Boys Give V. P. I. Cadets A Jolt". Salem Times-Register and Sentinel. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1914. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

[generals-9] "College Athletes Take The Town for One Today". The World News. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[10] "V.P.I. is First Squad to Score on Generals". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 1, 1914. p. 13. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

[11] "V.P.I. Plays Rings Around Marshall College Eleven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 8, 1914. p. 22. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[12] "V. P. I. Defeats Marshall Squad". The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

[aggies-13] "Weather Threatening for Great Foot Ball Contest". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[14] "V.P.I. Takes Measure of North Carolinians". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 15, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[15] "Brilliant Scene Promised When V.M.I. Meets V.P.I." The World News. Library of Virginia. November 26, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[vmi-16] "V.P.I Victor Over U. M. I. on a Drop Kick". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

[17] "Dick Harvey's Toe Wins For V.P.I. Team". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 27, 1914. p. 8. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[18] "Varsity Loses To V.P.I." The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 28, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[19] "The Bugle 1915" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1915. p. 201. Retrieved December 6, 2015.

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