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1900 VPI football team

The 1900 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1900 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Eugene Davis and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–3–1).

1900 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJohn Brabson Huffard
Home stadiumSheib Field
Seasons
← 1899
1901 →
1900 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baylor   –   3 – 0 – 0
Davidson   –   4 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   4 – 1 – 1
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 1
Georgetown   –   5 – 1 – 3
VMI   –   4 – 1 – 2
Oklahoma   –   3 – 1 – 1
Kendall   –   2 – 1 – 0
Marshall   –   1 – 0 – 2
Navy   –   6 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 1
South Carolina   –   4 – 3 – 0
West Virginia   –   4 – 3 – 0
VPI   –   3 – 3 – 1
Texas A&M   –   2 – 2 – 1
Richmond   –   3 – 4 – 0
Maryland   –   3 – 4 – 1
Delaware   –   2 – 3 – 1
William & Mary   –   1 – 2 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 5 – 0
Furman   –   0 – 2 – 1

Hunter Carpenter used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.[1][2] It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve.[2]

Scoring

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The scoring in 1900 was:

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6St. Albans Lutheran Boys School
W 23–0[3][4]
October 20at St. Albans Lutheran Boys SchoolRadford, VAW 16–6[5][6]
October 263:00 p.m.at North Carolina A&M
W 18–210,000[7]
October 273:45 p.m.at North Carolina
T 0–0[8][9][10]
November 14at Virginia
L 5–17[11][12][13][14]
November 244:00 p.m.vs. Clemson
L 5–12[15]
November 293:00 p.m.vs. VMI
L 0–53,500-4,000[16][17][18]

Original schedule

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The 1900 football schedule for VPI listed on October 7 in The Times was as follows:[19]

According to the article, VPI also planned on scheduling games with Maryland and Tennessee, but neither game occurred.[19] The Virginia game was initially scheduled to be played in Blacksburg,[19] but was ultimately played in Charlottesville, Virginia.

On October 9, 1900 the Richmond Dispatch listed a different schedule.[24] The differences were:

  • The schedule listed October 13 as "open", instead of against Roanoke.
  • The schedule correctly listed the North Carolina game on October 27, instead of October 24.
  • The schedule listed the Virginia game for November 7 (this game was eventually played on November 14).
  • The schedule listed a Tennessee game for November 14 that was "being arranged" (this game was not played).

According to the article, VPI also planned on pursuing games with Randolph–Macon, William & Mary, Georgetown, Hampden–Sydney, and Southern Business College. However, none of these games were scheduled.

Game summaries

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St. Albans (first game)

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St. Albans (second game)

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North Carolina A&M

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VPI at North Carolina A&M
1 2Total
• VPI 12 6 18
NC A&M 2 0 2
See also: 1900 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverley, Counselman and Moffett.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: McCanless (left end), Turner (left tackle), Bowden (left guard), Grimsley (center), Oliver Max Gardner (right guard), Wright (right tackle), John McKinnon (right end), Worth (quarterback), Lewis Lougee (left halfback), Welch (right halfback), Dalton (fullback). The substitutes were: Carpenter, Davis, Jesse Liles, Thompson and Wootten.

North Carolina

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VPI at North Carolina
1 2Total
VPI 0 0 0
UNC 0 0 0
  • Date: October 27, 1900
  • Location: Campus Athletic Field (II)
    Chapel Hill, NC
  • Game start: 3:45 p.m.
  • Referee: Meade
See also: 1900 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Baird (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Carpenter (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), McCormick (fullback).

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: William Smathers (left end), Frank Foust (left tackle), Frank Rankin (left guard), Walter Council (center), Tod Brem (right guard), Frank Bennett (right tackle), Frank M. Osborne (right end), Metrah Makeley (quarterback), A. Ramsey Berkeley (left halfback), Jim MacRae (right halfback), Ernest Graves Sr. (fullback). The substitutes were: C. J. Ebbs.

Virginia

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VPI at Virginia
1 2Total
VPI 5 0 5
• UVA 6 11 17
  • Date: November 14, 1900
  • Location: Madison Hall Field
    Charlottesville, VA
  • Referee: H. D. Waters (UVA)
See also: 1900 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Cox (right guard), Abbott (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

The starting lineup for Virginia was: Alexis Hobson (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Frank Harris (left guard), George Montgomery (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), Christie Benet (right tackle), James Bride (right end), Brodie Nalle (quarterback), Virginius Dabney (left halfback), Robert Coleman (right halfback), Bradley Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: William Choice and Mulford.

Clemson

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Clemson vs. VPI
1 2Total
• Clemson 6 6 12
VPI 5 0 5
See also: 1900 Clemson Tigers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).

The starting lineup for Clemson was: C. A. Bellows (left end), Joe Duckworth (left tackle), A. P. George (left guard), John Kinsler (center), Jack Woodward (right guard), Norman Walker (right tackle), James Lynah (right end), Gus Lewis (quarterback), William Forsythe (left halfback), M. N. Buster Hunter (right halfback), Claude Douthit (fullback).

VMI

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See also: 1900 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Steele (center), Abbott (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Moffett (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Beverly, Blair, Gill, Miles, Miller, Sayers, Styles and Ware.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Beverley Tucker (left end), George C. Marshall (left tackle), Ira Johnson (left guard), Jesse Wright (center), William Smiley (right guard), Earl Biscoe (right tackle), Jennings Wise (right end), Charles Roller (quarterback), Calvert McCabe (left halfback), Andrew Rawn (right halfback), Todd Kirk (fullback). The substitutes were: Ralph Claggett, Morgan Hudgins, Edward Johnson, Sydney Lee, Saint Julien Marshall, Edwin Martin, Marshall Milton and Victor Perry.

Players

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The following players were members of the 1900 football team according to the roster published in the 1901 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[25][26]

VPI 1900 roster
Quarterback

Guards

  • Alvin Lee Abbott
  • Robert William Carper

Tackles

Center

  • Joseph Clyde Steele
 Ends
  • Lindsay Louin Jewell
  • William Stuart Moffett

Halfbacks

  • Edward Wood Hardaway
  • John Brabson Huffard (Capt.)

Fullback

Substitutes
  • Robert Bland Beverley
  • John Counselman
  • David Franklin Gill
  • Sally Miles
  • Carter Clarke Osterbind
  • Anderson Howard Sayers
  • Joseph Clay Stiles

Coaching and training staff

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  • Head coach: Eugene Davis
  • Manager: F. Powell
  • Assistant manager: J. M. Sample

References

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  1. ^ "Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. October 2010. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech". Virginia Tech. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
  3. ^ "St. Albans Beaten". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 7, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "V.P.I., 23; St. Albans, 0". The Times. Library of Congress. October 7, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "A Plucky Game". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 21, 1900. p. 18. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "The Cadets Win". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 21, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  7. ^ "Virginia Boys Win". The Morning Post. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 27, 1900. p. 5. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  8. ^ "N.C. University, 0; V.P.I., 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 28, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  9. ^ "The State University". The Virginian-Pilot. Library of Congress. October 31, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  10. ^ "Nothing To Nothing". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 31, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "'Varsity Downs Polytechnics". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  12. ^ "The Virginias Defeat Blacksburg Team by 17 to 5". The Virginian-Pilot. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1900. p. 11. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  13. ^ "Blacksburg is Defeated". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 15, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  14. ^ "Virginia 17_V.P.I. 5". College Topics. Library of Virginia. November 17, 1900. p. 1. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  15. ^ "Clemson Defeats Blacksburg". Charlotte Daily Observer. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 25, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  16. ^ "V.M.I. 4; V.P.I. 0". The Virginian-Pilot. Library of Congress. November 30, 1900. p. 6. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  17. ^ "Two Cadet Teams". The Times. Library of Congress. November 29, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  18. ^ "The V.M.I. Won". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 30, 1900. p. 5. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c d "Blacksburg Eleven". The Times. Library of Congress. October 7, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  20. ^ "Football Game Off". The Times. Library of Congress. November 3, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  21. ^ "Promising Year for Football". The Times. Library of Congress. October 7, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  22. ^ "Virginia vs. Carolina..." The Virginian-Pilot. Library of Congress. November 18, 1900. p. 10. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  23. ^ "Warren G. Lindsay Dead". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. November 23, 1900. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  24. ^ "Blacksburg Foot-Ball Schedule". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Congress. October 9, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  25. ^ "The Bugle 1901" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1901. p. 146. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  26. ^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 131. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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