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
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
September 29, 1923 |
|
Hampden–Sydney* |
Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA |
W 29–0 |
– |
October 6, 1923 |
|
Davidson* |
Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA |
W 7–0 |
– |
October 13, 1923 |
|
at 3rd Army Corps* |
|
L 17–21 |
– |
October 20, 1923 |
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vs. Maryland |
Washington, DC |
W 16–7 |
– |
October 27, 1923 |
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at Washington and Lee |
Lynchburg, VA |
L 0–12 |
– |
November 3, 1923 |
|
Clemson |
Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA |
W 25–6 |
– |
November 10, 1923 |
|
vs. NC State |
Norfolk, VA |
W 16–0 |
– |
November 17, 1923 |
|
at Virginia |
Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry) |
W 6–3 |
– |
November 29, 1923 |
|
vs. VMI* |
Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) |
L 0–6 |
14,000–15,000[1] |
*Non-conference game. |
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1923 Virginia Tech football schedule[2]
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.[3]
VPI 1923 roster |
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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
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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
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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
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See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1923–1924". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 21, 2015.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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