1897 VPI football team
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The 1897 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1897 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Firth and finished with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2).
Schedule
October 16, 1897King College
- Sheib Field
- Blacksburg, VA
W 54–0 - October 30, 1897vs. North CarolinaDanville, VAW 4–0 500[1] November 2, 1897Roanoke
- Sheib Field
- Blacksburg, VA
W 41–0 - November 6, 1897vs. UMBC
- League Park[2]
- Norfolk, VA
L 4–18 500[2] November 13, 1897at Richmond
- Broad Street Park[3]
- Richmond, VA
W 36–0 500[3] November 15, 18979:30am[4]at Hampden–Sydney
- Venable Field[4]
- Hampden Sydney, VA
W 10–0 - November 25, 1897vs. TennesseeRoanoke, VAL 0–18 -
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1897 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]
Players
The following players were members of the 1897 football team according to the roster published in the 1898 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6][7]
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References
- ^ "A Great Victory". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1897. p. 5. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Maryland, 18; Blacksburg, 4". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 7, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "V.P.I.'s Victorious". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 14, 1897. p. 15. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "H.S. and V.P.I. - A Hotly-Contested Game of Foot-Ball". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 16, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1897–1898". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 5, 2015.
- ^ "The Bugle 1898". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1898. p. 139. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 129. Retrieved 2015-11-05.