1916 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only year as head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.[1]

1916 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record	7–2 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach	Jack E. Ingersoll (1st season)
Captain	John Staub Caffee
Home stadium	Miles Field

1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
North Carolina	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Catholic University	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
VMI	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30		Richmond	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0
October 7		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 10–0
October 14		vs. West Virginia*	Charleston, WV (rivalry)	L 0–20
October 20		at Yale*	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–19
October 28		vs. North Carolina A&M	Norfolk, VA	W 40–0	3,000[2]
November 4	3:00 p.m.[3]	vs. North Carolina	Fair Grounds[3] Roanoke, VA	W 14–7
November 11		Wake Forest*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 52–0
November 18		Roanoke*	Miles Field Blacksburg, VA	W 41–0[4]
November 30	2:30 p.m.[5]	vs. VMI	Fair Grounds[5] Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 23–14	5,000[6]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1916 Virginia Tech football schedule[7]

Players

The following players were members of the 1916 football team according to the roster published in the 1917 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[8]

VPI 1916 roster
	Quarterbacks George Douglas Lancaster Edwin Lee Roden Guards Russell Minor Howell Harry Temple Parrish Arthur Penick Moore Tackles John Staub Caffee (Capt.) Lyle George Hall		Center Arthur Blakie Moore Ends James Atkins Gregory William Lee Younger Halfbacks Frank Allison Engleby Edward Kramer Funkhouser Leonard Myrton Gaines Robert Rodes Nelson Fullback Henry Redd		Substitutes Clinton T. Barnes Jay Frank Clemmer Frank Edward Daly James W. Farmer Gardner Turner Ashby Graves Francis Alexander Gray William Murry Lybrook Guy Eugene McNeil Donald Mack George Frizzell Parrish Daniel Harris Pritchard Harry Douglas Roden George Selben Somerville Llewellyn Winn "Lew" Stringer George Ellsworth Treakle

References

1. Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association,College Football Data Warehouse
2. "Virginia Techs Win Handily From Aggies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 29, 1916. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
3. "Kings of Gridiron Battle for South Atlantic Honors". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 4, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
4. "Roanoke College Beaten by V.P.I." The World-News. Library of Virginia. November 20, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
5. "Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
6. "Cadets are Defeated After Freakish Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
7. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1916–1917". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 8, 2015.
8. "The Bugle 1917" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1917. p. 183. Retrieved 2015-12-10.