1924 VPI Gobblers football team
| 1924 VPI Gobblers football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 4–2–3 (2–2–3 SoCon) |
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| Captain | Samuel Oscar Graham Joseph Henry Moran |
| Home stadium | Miles Field |
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| Alabama $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee * | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt * | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1924 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1924 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of four wins, two losses and three ties (4–2–3).
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Richmond* | W 28–0 | [1][2] | |||
| October 4 | Hampden–Sydney* |
| W 10–0 | [3] | ||
| October 11 | vs. Auburn | T 0–0 | 5,000–7,000 | [4][5][6][7] | ||
| October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Maryland | W 12–0 | [8][9] | ||
| October 25 | vs. Washington and Lee |
| T 0–0 | 7,000 | [10][11][12] | |
| November 1 | 11:00 a.m. | at Clemson | W 50–6 | [13][14] | ||
| November 8 | at NC State | L 3–6 | [15][16] | |||
| November 15 | Virginia |
| L 0–6 | [17][18][19] | ||
| November 27 | 2:15 p.m. | VMI |
| T 0–0 | 15,000 | [20][21] |
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Game summaries[edit]
Richmond[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Greene (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Liebrecht (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Rutherford (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Bird, Bond, Culbreth, Downing, Ellison, Ewing, Gaines, Handy, Holly, Jeffries, Kennedy, Krebs, Lineberry, Nutter, Roberts, Rousele, Talman, Williams and Wood.
The starting lineup for Richmond was: Taylor Sanford (left end), R. R. Robins (left tackle), E. H. Witten (left guard), E. L. Minter (center), Basil Minter (right guard), W. S. Bentley (right tackle), Claude Reams (right end), A. P. Newcomb (quarterback), William McCorkle (left halfback), E. W. Savory (right halfback), Meyer Vitsky (fullback). The substitutes were: C. L. Dillon, Dunsmore, D. R. Fick, Virgil Goode, Reese, William Roper and Whitfield.
Hampden–Sydney[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Greene (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Liebrecht (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Esleeck (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Bird, Bond, Culbreth, Downing, Handy, Holly, Gaines, Jeffries, Kennedy, Krebs, Nutter, Talman and Williams.
The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Simmerman (left end), Cecil Blankenship (left tackle), William Venable (left guard), Alfred Dudley (center), Edward Sager (right guard), Harry Myles (right tackle), Archie Jones (right end), Harold Dudley (quarterback), James Holladay (left halfback), David Squires (right halfback), William Richardson (fullback). The substitutes were: John Brinser, Gordon Clarke, Eldridge, Hagan, Maxwell Harper, Hurt, Mace, Edwin Ott, David Reveley and Richard Roberts.
Auburn[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Greene (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Liebrecht (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: DeLaBarre, Holly and Nutter.
The starting lineup for Auburn was: Leslie "Buck" Spinks (left end), W. P. Grisham (left tackle), E. McFadden (left guard), J. D. Lawrence (center), R. G. Brice (right guard), Sitz (right tackle), Clyde Pruitt (right end), S. Dean Petersen (quarterback), Greene (left halfback), Ernest Williams (right halfback), Herman Salter (fullback). The substitutes were: Edward Allen, McCully, George Ollinger, Geddes Self and Turner.
Maryland[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), DeLaBarre (fullback). The substitutes were: Esleeck.
The starting lineup for Maryland was: Bill Supplee (left end), Walter Bromley (left tackle), Arthur Bonnet (left guard), Gomer Lewis (center), John Hough (right guard), Joe Burger (right tackle), William Beatty (right end), Arthur Boyd (quarterback), Leland Cardwell (left halfback), George Heine (right halfback), Irving Hall (fullback). The substitutes were: Kenneth Coghill, Gilbert Dent, George Luckey, Alvin Parker and John Waters.
Washington and Lee[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Esleeck (right halfback), DeLaBarre (fullback). The substitutes were: Holly, Krebs, Liebrecht and Moss.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: R. I. Daves (left end), Warren E. Tilson (left tackle), Robert Holt (left guard), Charlie Van Horn (center), Merrell Budnick (right guard), Leslie Stemmons (right tackle), James Kay Thomas (right end), Henry Wilson (quarterback), William Palmer (left halfback), Ty Rauber (right halfback), Eddie Cameron (fullback). The substitutes were: Harry Dawson, Archie Hawkins, Henry McMillan and John McVay.
Clemson[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Krebs (right end), Rutherford (quarterback), DeLaBarre (left halfback), Esleeck (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Culbreth.
NC State[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Ray (left guard), Moran (center), Frey (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Esleeck (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: DeLaBarre, Jeffries and Krebs.
The starting lineup for NC State was: Samuel Wallis (left end), Cox (left tackle), William Beatty (left guard), Fred Logan (center), William White (right guard), G. Randolph Logan (right tackle), Joseph Ripple (right end), John Jeannette (quarterback), Alfred Johnston (left halfback), Walter Shuford (right halfback), Gaither Lassiter (fullback). The substitutes were: William Donnell, Henry Seawell and Charles Shuford.
Virginia[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Holly (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Krebs and Liebrecht.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Donald Darby (left end), Mul Holland (left tackle), A. Cockrill (left guard), James Reynolds (center), Charles Mackall (right guard), Reuben Hayman (right tackle), W. H. Ahner (right end), A. Carter Diffey (quarterback), Maphis (left halfback), Curtis Cuddy (right halfback), Charles Frost (fullback). The substitutes were: Brown, Edmond Laird and Theodore Phillips.
VMI[edit]
The starting lineup for VPI was: Nutter (left end), Graham (left tackle), Frey (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Bailey (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Esleeck.
The starting lineup for VMI was: Newton Barkley (left end), Joseph Hope (left tackle), Thomas McCracken (left guard), Francis Ferguson (center), C. R. Hammond (right guard), Frank Clements (right tackle), John Fain (right end), Paul Caldwell (quarterback), John Willis (left halfback), Karl Harmeling (right halfback), Windy White (fullback). The substitutes were: Robert Glendy.
Players[edit]
The following players were members of the 1924 football team according to the roster published in the 1925 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[22]
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Coaching and training staff[edit]
- Head coach: B. C. Cubbage
- Manager: W. T. Johns, Jr.
- Freshman head coach: Henry Redd
- Freshman assistant coach: Sherertz
- Freshman Manager: W. P. Wilkins
References[edit]
- ^ "Spiders Drop Initial Contest to Heavy Blacksburg Eleven". The Collegian. University of Richmond. October 3, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. P. I. Wins Easily From Richmond U." The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. September 28, 1924. p. 61. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. P. I. Given Scare By Hampden-Sidney". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 5, 1924. p. 73. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Tigers and Gobblers in Deadlock". The Auburn Plainsman. Auburn University. October 17, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. P. I. In Scoreless Game With Auburn". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 12, 1924. p. 85. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. P. I. Plays Auburn To Scoreless Draw". Birmingham Age-Herald. Library of Congress. October 12, 1924. p. 10. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Tech-Auburn Need No Punting Drill". The News Leader. Library of Virginia. October 13, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Varsity Grid Team is Great in Defeat". The Diamondback. University of Maryland, College Park. October 21, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Virginia Poly Downs Game Maryland Team". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 19, 1924. p. 73. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Tech Battle Is Scoreless Tie" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 27, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "W. & L.--V.P.I. Battle Ends Without Score". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 26, 1924. p. 67. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Generals and Techs Battle to a Scoreless Tie". Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Wonderful Virginia Tech Eleven Smashes Tigers at Homecoming". The Tiger. Clemson University. November 5, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. P. I. Romps Away From Clemson, 50-6". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 2, 1924. p. 81. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Wolfpack Devours Gobblers". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 14, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "N. C. State Victor Over Virginia Poly". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 9, 1924. p. 73. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Cavaliers Win Hard Game From V. P. I." The Cavalier Daily. November 17, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Virginia Defeats V.P.I. In First Minute of Play". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 17, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Virginia Wins Game From V. P. I., 6 to 0". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 16, 1924. p. 89. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "Turkey Day Classic In Roanoke Ends In Scoreless Tie". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 1, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "V. M. I. and V. P. I. Battle to Scoreless Tie in Annual Turkey Day Contest at Roanoke". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. December 4, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "The Bugle 1925" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1925. p. 249. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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