1912 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (1–2 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Henry Burruss
Home stadiumMiles Field
1912 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 3 –1 –08 –1 –0
Virginia 1 –1 –06 –3 –0
VPI 1 –2 –05 –4 –0
Johns Hopkins 0 –1 –00 –3 –0
North Carolina A&M 0 –2 –04 –3 –0
North Carolina 0 –4 –03 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1912 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1912 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Roanoke*
W 40–0[1][2]
October 5Hampden–Sydney*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–7[3]
October 123:00 p.m.at Princeton*
L 0–31[4][5]
October 19Western Maryland*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 44–0[6]
October 26vs. North Carolina
W 26–02,000[7][8]
November 2Medical College of Virginia*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
L 0–10[9][10]
November 93:00 p.m.vs. Washington and Lee
L 6–203,500[11][12][13][14]
November 16West Virginia*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 41–0[15]
November 28at Georgetown
L 3–24[16][17][18]

Players

The following players were members of the 1912 football team according to the roster published in the 1913 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[19]

VPI 1912 roster
Quarterback
  • James Booth Rogers

Guards

Tackles

  • William Henry Burruss (Capt.)
  • Werner Joseph Schultz
  • Thomas M. Whitehead

Center

 Ends
  • Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson
  • Houston Boyd Hughes
  • C. B. Mackan

Halfbacks

  • Withrow Reynolds Legge
  • Orrin Rankin Magill
  • David Walker Parrish

Fullback

  • John Rudisil Vawter

References

  1. ↑ "Techs Smother Roanoke Lads". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. September 29, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "V.P.I. Defeats Roanoke College". The Evening News. Library of Virginia. September 30, 1912. p. 12. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "W.R. Legge Stars in Scrappy Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 6, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Varsity Wins Fourth Successive Victory". The Daily Princetonian. Princeton University. October 14, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Princeton Makes Rival Line Look Like Paper". The Sun. Library of Congress. October 13, 1912. p. 18. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Maryland Team Easy For Techs". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 20, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Virginia Techs Spring Surprise". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 27, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ "V.P.I. Overwhelms Varsity In Raleigh". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 30, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Medical College of Virginia Downs V.P.I." The Richmond News Leader. Library of Virginia. November 4, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Medical College Defeats V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 3, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ "V.P.I. and W. & L. in Battle Royal Today". The Evening News. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ "V.P.I., 6; W. & L., 20" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 12, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Revenge For W&L". Evening Star. Library of Congress. November 10, 1912. p. 58. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lexington Lads Humble Techs By Score 20 To 6". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 10, 1912. p. 7. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  15. ↑ "West Virginia Loses To V.P.I." Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 17, 1912. p. 12. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Techs Play Well, But Lose Game To Georgetown". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 29, 1912. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Georgetown Vanquishes V.P.I." The Washington Herald. Library of Congress. November 29, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Costello Again Excels". The Sun. Library of Congress. November 29, 1912. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  19. ↑ "The Bugle 1913" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1913. p. 154. Retrieved December 6, 2015.


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