1901 VPI football team

1901 VPI football

Conference	Independent
Record	6–1
Head coach	A. B. Morrison Jr. (1st season)
Captain	Kit DeCamps
Home stadium	Sheib Field
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial		–		2	–	0	–	0
Stetson		–		1	–	0	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		4	–	0	–	1
Marshall		–		2	–	0	–	1
Kentucky University		–		7	–	1	–	1
VPI		–		6	–	1	–	0
Nashville		–		6	–	1	–	1
Virginia		–		8	–	2	–	0
Texas		–		8	–	2	–	1
Davidson		–		4	–	2	–	0
Baylor		–		5	–	3	–	0
Gallaudet		–		4	–	2	–	2
Sewanee		–		4	–	2	–	2
William & Mary		–		2	–	1	–	1
Navy		–		6	–	4	–	1
VMI		–		4	–	3	–	0
Oklahoma		–		3	–	2	–	0
West Virginia		–		3	–	2	–	0
Delaware		–		5	–	4	–	0
Georgetown		–		3	–	3	–	2
Kendall		–		2	–	2	–	0
Spring Hill		–		0	–	0	–	1
Wilmington Conference Academy		–		2	–	2	–	0
Oklahoma A&M		–		2	–	3	–	0
South Carolina		–		3	–	4	–	0
Arkansas		–		3	–	5	–	0
Add-Ran		–		1	–	2	–	1
Furman		–		1	–	2	–	1
Chilocco		–		2	–	5	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		1	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M		–		1	–	4	–	0
Maryland		–		1	–	7	–	0
Richmond		–		1	–	7	–	0
Florida Agricultural		–		0	–	1	–	0
Louisiana Industrial		–		0	–	2	–	0
Tusculum		–				–

The 1901 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1901 college football season. The team was led by their head coach A. B. Morrison Jr. and finished with a record of six wins and one loss (6–1).

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28		at Roanoke	Salem, VA	W 16–0		^[1]
October 11		Washington and Lee	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 11–0		^[2]^[3]^[4]
October 19		at Georgetown	Georgetown Field Washington, DC	W 32–6		^[5]^[6]^[7]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	L 0–16	1,000	^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
October 31		at Clemson	Fair Grounds Columbia, SC	W 17–11	5,000	^[12]^[13]
November 16	3:00 p.m.	vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	W 18–0	1,000	^[14]^[15]
November 28	2:30 p.m.	vs. VMI	Norfolk, VA (rivalry)	W 21–0	5,000	^[16]^[17]
All times are in Eastern time

Original schedule

The 1901 football schedule for VPI listed in the September 22 edition of The Richmond Dispatch was as follows:^[18]

September 28 – St. Albans in Blacksburg, Virginia (game was not played)
October 5 – St. Albans in Radford, Virginia (game was not played)
October 11 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (played on this date)
October 26 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)
November 9 – Clemson in Charlotte, North Carolina (game was moved to October 31 and Columbia, South Carolina)
November 16 – University of Maryland, Baltimore in Richmond, Virginia (played on this date)
November 23 – open (Stayed open)
November 28 – VMI in Norfolk, Virginia (played on this date)

The 1901 football schedule in the September 24 edition of The Roanoke Times included the following differences with the above schedule:^[19]

October 12 – Washington and Lee in Blacksburg (game was moved to October 11 and played)
October 19 – Georgetown in Washington, DC (game was played)
October 26 – Virginia in Blacksburg (game was played)
November 2 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)

VPI also hoped to schedule a game with the University of Georgia on November 9,^[19] but this game was not played.

After the games with St. Albans were not played on September 28 and October 5, The Richmond Dispatch reported that the teams would play each other at a horse and cattle show in Radford in late October.^[20] This game was not played.

Game summaries

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ware (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Osterbind (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Brecket.

Georgetown

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Wilcox (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Sayers.

Virginia

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Davidson (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Miller and Ware.

Clemson

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), Miles (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), McCormick (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Carpenter (left halfback), Huffard (right halfback), Counselman (fullback).

VMI

The starting lineup for VPI was: Ramey (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Ware (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Campbell and Sayers.

Players

The following players were members of the 1901 football team according to the roster published in the 1902 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[21]^[22]

VPI 1901 roster

Quarterback

Kit DeCamps (Capt.)

Guards

Alvin Lee Abbott
George Cralle Willson

Tackles

Center

Joseph Clyde Steele

Ends

Ramey
Creighton Childs Campbell
Joe Ware

Halfbacks

Hunter Carpenter
John Brabson Huffard

Fullback

John Counselman

Substitutes

Archer Davidson
George Coleman Miller
Anderson Howard Sayers
Turner
Lalor Romaine Willcox

Coaching and training staff

Head coach: A. B. Morrison Jr.
Manager: James Bolton
Assistant managers
- G. Chalkley
- J. M. Bryant

References

^ "Salem News Items". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. September 29, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "The V.P.I. Team Won". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 12, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "V.P.I. Wins". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 12, 1901. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "V. P. I. Wins" (PDF). The Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 12, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
^ "A Great Game By V.P.I. Cadets". The Times. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Victorious Cadets". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Blue and Grey in the Dust". The Washington Times. Library of Congress. October 20, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "'Varsity Triumphant Over Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Congress. October 27, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Great Foot-Ball Day". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 27, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "The 'Varsity Triumphant". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. October 28, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "'Varsity Triumphant". The Cavalier Daily. November 2, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ "V.P.I., 17; Clemson, 11". The Times. Library of Congress. November 1, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "The Great Ball Game". The Watchman and Southron. Library of Congress. November 6, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Cadets Won Easily". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 17, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Polytechs Defeat Maryland". The Times. Library of Congress. November 17, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "The Polytechnic Team Defeat The Virginia Military Cadets". The Times. Library of Congress. November 29, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Many Foot-Ball Battles". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 29, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "V.P.I. Foot-Ball Prospects". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 22, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Blacksburg Items". The Roanoke Times. Library of Congress. September 24, 1901. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "Horse- And Cattle-Show". Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 6, 1901. p. 27. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
^ "The Bugle 1902" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1902. p. 124. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

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