Jump to content

1923 VPI Gobblers football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jweiss11 (talk | contribs) at 17:15, 27 November 2016 (cleanup infobox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

{{{year}}} [[{{{team}}} football]]
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Lee + 4 0 1 6 3 1
Vanderbilt * + 3 0 1 5 2 1
VPI 4 1 0 6 3 0
Alabama 4 1 1 7 2 1
Maryland 2 1 0 7 2 1
Florida 1 0 2 6 1 2
North Carolina 2 1 1 5 3 1
Georgia 3 2 0 5 3 1
Mississippi A&M 2 1 2 5 2 2
Tennessee 4 3 0 5 4 1
Tulane 2 2 1 6 3 1
Clemson 1 1 1 5 2 1
Georgia Tech 0 0 4 3 2 4
NC State 1 4 0 3 7 0
Auburn 0 1 3 3 3 3
Kentucky 0 2 2 4 3 2
Virginia 0 3 1 3 5 1
LSU 0 3 0 3 5 1
Ole Miss 0 4 0 4 6 0
South Carolina 0 4 0 4 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

The 1923 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1923 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

Schedule

September 29, 1923Hampden–Sydney*

W 29–0 – October 6, 1923Davidson*

W 7–0 – October 13, 1923at 3rd Army Corps*L 17–21 – October 20, 1923vs. MarylandWashington, DCW 16–7 – October 27, 1923at Washington and LeeLynchburg, VAL 0–12 – November 3, 1923Clemson

W 25–6 – November 10, 1923vs. NC StateNorfolk, VAW 16–0 – November 17, 1923at Virginia

W 6–3 6,000[1] November 29, 1923vs. VMI*Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)L 0–6 14,000–15,000[2]

Template:CFB Schedule End

  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1923 Virginia Tech football schedule[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1923 football team according to the roster published in the 1924 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[4]

VPI 1923 roster
Quarterbacks
  • Arthur Roberts
  • Harry McMullen Sutton (Capt.)

Guards

  • Lawrence Atkins Hammock
  • James Edward Ray
  • Robert James Rea

Tackles

  • Samuel Oscar Graham
  • Arthur Trevilian Greene

Centers

  • R. L. Baker
  • Joseph Henry Moran
Ends
  • S. R. Bailey
  • Forrest William Holly
  • Oscar Price Nutter
  • Charles Douglas Rhodes

Halfbacks

  • Charles Laurence Flory
  • Donald Hurt Rutherford

Fullbacks

  • Raymond Madison Buchanan
  • Jack Wellford Moss
Substitutes
  • Adams
  • C. O. Beck
  • Brown
  • Bullock
  • Byrd
  • Harry White Culbreth
  • Cecil Franzen DeLaBarre
  • P. R. Ebert
  • Edwin Ruthven Gaines
  • Glaze
  • Hart
  • Johnson
  • Edward Frank Liebrecht
  • Rumphrey
  • Stennette
  • Williams
  • Wood

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tech Wins Hard Battle". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 19, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Flying Squadron Wins Great Game In Roanoke Thanksgiving Day From Tech By Score Of 6–0". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1923–1924". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Bugle 1924" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1924. p. 249. Retrieved 2016-01-08.