1916 VPI Gobblers football team

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 year)
Captain	John Staub Caffee
Home stadium	Miles Field

1916 SAIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VPI $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Maryland State	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Georgetown	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
George Washington	2	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
Catholic	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Davidson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Richmond	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
VMI	1	–	5	–	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

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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30, 1916		Richmond	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	-
October 7, 1916		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 10–0	-
October 14, 1916		vs. West Virginia*	Charleston, WV	L 0–20	-
October 20, 1916		at Yale*	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	L 0–19	-
October 28, 1916		vs. North Carolina A&M	Norfolk, VA	W 40–0	3,000[2]
November 4, 1916	3:00pm[3]	vs. North Carolina	Fair Grounds[3] • Roanoke, VA	W 14–7	-
November 11, 1916		Wake Forest*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 52–0	-
November 18, 1916		Roanoke*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 41–0	-
November 30, 1916	2:30pm[4]	vs. VMI	Fair Grounds[4] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 23–14	5,000[5]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1916 Virginia Tech football schedule^[6]

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.^[7]

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 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 Lew W. 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. "Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
5. "Cadets are Defeated After Freakish Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
6. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1916–1917". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 8, 2015.
7. "The Bugle 1917" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1917. p. 183. Retrieved 2015-12-10.