1911 VPI football team

The rules for American football in 1911 included:{{cite book |title=The History of American Football: Its Great Teams, Players, and Coaches |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica00danz |url-access=registration |last=Danzig |first=Allison |year=1956 |publisher=Prentice-Hall |location=Englewood Cliffs, N.J. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica00danz/page/70 70–71] }}

• Field 110 yards in length
• Kickoff made from midfield
• Three downs to gain ten yards
• Touchdown worth 5 points
• Field goal worth 3 points
• Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties:

A pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.

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| timezone = Eastern

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| date = September 30

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1911|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers|title=Hampden–Sydney}}

| site_stadium = Miles Field

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 16–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=Sixteen Points Scored By V.P.I.|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-01/ed-1/seq-41/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 1, 1911|page=41|access-date=March 15, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| time = 3:15 p.m.

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1911|team=University of Maryland, Baltimore|title=University of Maryland, Baltimore}}

| site_stadium = Lafayette Field

| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 12–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=Teams Almost Come To Blows|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-07/ed-1/seq-6/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 7, 1911|page=6|access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Game Breaks Up In General Scrap|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NEL19111007.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=The Richmond News Leader|date=October 7, 1911|page=7|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Yale Field

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 0–33

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=Yale Whips Virginians|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1911-10-15/ed-1/seq-6/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=New-York Tribune|date=October 15, 1911|page=6|access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Lose To Yale Eleven|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1911-10-15/ed-1/seq-61/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=The Sunday Star|date=October 15, 1911|page=61|access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Yale Backs Reel Off Long Runs on V.P.I.|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-15/ed-1/seq-43/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 15, 1911|page=43|access-date=March 15, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1911|team=Roanoke Maroons|title=Roanoke}}

| site_stadium = Miles Field

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 93–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=V.P.I. Makes Record Score|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-22/ed-1/seq-47/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 22, 1911|page=47|access-date=March 15, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = Washington and Lee

| site_stadium = Fair Grounds

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| score = 5–5

| attend = 3,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Great Game Ends In 5–5 Tie|url=https://dspace.wlu.edu/bitstream/handle/11021/27741/RG39_RTP_19111031.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|publisher=Washington and Lee University|newspaper=The Ring-tum Phi|date=October 31, 1911|page=1|access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Evenly Matched Elevens Battle To Tie Score|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-29/ed-1/seq-43/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 29, 1911|page=43|access-date=March 15, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Prettiest Game in Country Here|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TVN19111030.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=Evening News|date=October 30, 1911|page=5|access-date=March 15, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = t

| neutral = y

| opponent = North Carolina

| site_stadium = Broad Street Park

| site_cityst = Richmond, VA

| score = 0–0

| attend = 2,000

| source = {{cite news |title=Foot Ball - Broad Street Park|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-10-29/ed-1/seq-44/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=October 29, 1911|page=44|access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Carolina Holds Tech Eleven to Scoreless Game|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-11-05/ed-1/seq-45/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=November 5, 1911|page=45|access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{cite news |title=In A Splendid Battle Carolina Plays V.P.I. To A Standstill|url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1911-11-07/ed-1/seq-1/|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|newspaper=The Tar Heel|date=November 7, 1911|page=1|access-date=March 17, 2022}}{{cite news |title=V.P.I. Held To Scoreless Tie By North Carolina|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NEL19111106.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=The Richmond News Leader|date=November 6, 1911|page=6|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Tennessee

| site_stadium = Miles Field

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 36–11

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=Make Long Runs for Touchdowns|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-11-12/ed-1/seq-49/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=November 12, 1911|page=49|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1911|team=Morris Harvey Golden Eagles|title=Morris Harvey}}

| site_stadium = Miles Field

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 10–3

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=Tech's Work Not Up To Standard|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-11-19/ed-1/seq-49/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=November 19, 1911|page=49|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 30

| time =

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = North Carolina A&M

| site_stadium = Lafayette Field

| site_cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 3–0

| attend = 6,000

| source = {{cite news |title=V.P.I. Takes Game At Last Moment|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1911-12-01/ed-1/seq-6/|publisher=Library of Congress|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=December 1, 1911|page=6|access-date=March 17, 2022}}

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The 1910 VPI football team compiled a 6–2 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his second season as head coach.

{{AFB game box start

| Title = Hampden–Sydney vs. VPI

| Visitor = HS

| Host = VPI

| V1 = 0| V2 = 0

| H1 = 5| H2 = 11

| Date = September 30, 1911

| Location = Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA

| StartTime =

| ElapsedTime =

| Attendance =

| Weather =

| Referee = Joseph Ware

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VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Hampden–Sydney at Miles Field.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Rogers (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), W. Legge (right halfback), Roberts (fullback).

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: W. W. Arbuckle (left end), Thomas Atkinson (left tackle), Charles Walker (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), Robert Guthrie (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), F. W. Payne (right end), Kirkland Saunders (quarterback), George Jones (left halfback), Charles Lewis (right halfback), Howard Blanton (fullback).

After their victory over Hampden–Sydney, VPI played the University of Maryland, Baltimore at Lafayette Field in Norfolk, Virginia.

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Rogers (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, F. Legge, W. Legge and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for University of Maryland, Baltimore was: C. Collinson (left end), Merrill (left tackle), Johnson (left guard), Oehrl (center), Chaifey (right guard), J. Collinson (right tackle), Stevens (right end), Butler (quarterback), Ruhl (left halfback), Melville (right halfback), Brown (fullback). The substitutes were: Nelson, Raimey and W. Ruhl.

{{See also|1911 Yale Bulldogs football team}}

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Evans (left guard), Gibbs (center), Pick (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, W. Legge, Rogers, Vaughan and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for Yale was: Benjamin Avery (left end), James Scully (left tackle), Pomeroy Francis (left guard), Hank Ketcham (center), Elmer McDevitt (right guard), Henry Perry (right tackle), William Howe (right end), Art Howe (quarterback), James Reilly (left halfback), Jesse Spalding (right halfback), Anderson (fullback). The substitutes were: Walter C. Camp, Clarence Childs, Church, Davis, Foss, Edgar Freeman, Robert Loree, Henry Marting, Henry Merritt, Parker and William Warren.

VPI was scheduled to play Western Maryland College on October 21, but Western Maryland cancelled and VPI played Roanoke.{{cite news |title=V. P. I. Swamps Roanoke College|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=TEJ19111023.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=The Evening Journal|date=October 23, 1911|page=8|access-date=August 15, 2022}}

{{AFB game box start

| Title = Washington & Lee vs. VPI

| Visitor = W&L

| Host = VPI

| V1 = 0| V2 = 0| V3 = 0| V4 = 5

| H1 = 0| H2 = 5| H3 = 0| H4 = 0

| Date = October 28, 1911

| Location = Fair Grounds
Roanoke, VA

| StartTime = 3:00 p.m.

| ElapsedTime =

| Attendance = 3,000

| Weather = "ideal"

| Referee = Jack Gass

}}

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{{See also|1911 Washington and Lee Generals football team}}

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Schultz (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Wyatt.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Kelly Francis (left end), James Miller (left tackle), H. Southerland (left guard), Carl Moore (center), Paul Rogers (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), Hurd (right end), John Slater (quarterback), Ralph Malcolm (left halfback), David Bone (right halfback), Edmond Burk (fullback). The substitutes were: Raymond Beuhring, William Brown, C. T. Lile, W. C. Raftery, Mark Stewart, H. F. Tindal, Roland Waddill and F. B. Webster.

{{AFB game box start

| Title = North Carolina vs. VPI

| Visitor = UNC

| Host = VPI

| V1 = 0| V2 = 0| V3 = 0| V4 = 0

| H1 = 0| H2 = 0| H3 = 0| H4 = 0

| Date = November 4, 1911

| Location = Broad Street Park
Richmond, VA

| StartTime = 3:00 p.m.

| ElapsedTime =

| Attendance = 2,000

| Weather = "cold, drizzling downpour"

| Referee = Jack Gass

}}

{{AFB game box end}}

{{See also|1911 North Carolina Tar Heels football team}}

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Blake Applewhite (left end), Walter Small (left tackle), Archibald Deans (left guard), Marvin Ritch (center), James Orr (right guard), Lonnie Abernethy (right tackle), Robert Strange (right end), William Tillett (quarterback), Seigler (left halfback), Bob Winston (right halfback), William Coffin (fullback). The substitutes were: Joseph Chambers and Nicholson.

{{See also|1911 Tennessee Volunteers football team}}

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), W. Legge (fullback).

The starting lineup for Tennessee was: Alonzo Carroll (left end), Sam Hayley (left tackle), R. V. Kerr (left guard), Joseph Gause (center), Roy McGuire (right guard), Farmer Kelly (right tackle), M. McGuire (right end), Rufus Branch (quarterback), Rus Lindsay (left halfback), C. H. Fonde (right halfback), Frank Tompkins (fullback).

{{AFB game box start

| Title = Morris Harvey vs. VPI

| Visitor = MH

| Host = VPI

| V1 = 3| V2 = 0| V3 = 0| V4 = 0

| H1 = 0| H2 = 0| H3 = 10| H4 = 0

| Date = November 18, 1911

| Location = Miles Field
Blacksburg, VA

| StartTime =

| ElapsedTime =

| Attendance =

| Weather = "high wind"

| Referee = Joseph Ware

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The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Moore (left tackle), Wyatt (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Rogers (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Gardner (fullback).

The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Fulton (left end), Beck (left tackle), Dyke (left guard), Adamson (center), Taylor (right guard), Huyler (right tackle), Frith (right end), Shelton (quarterback), Hager (left halfback), Raymond Ayres (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

{{AFB game box start

| Title = North Carolina A&M vs. VPI

| Visitor = NC A&M

| Host = VPI

| V1 = 0| V2 = 0| V3 = 0| V4 = 0

| H1 = 0| H2 = 0| H3 = 0| H4 = 3

| Date = November 30, 1911

| Location = Lafayette Field
Norfolk, VA

| StartTime =

| ElapsedTime =

| Attendance = 6,000

| Weather =

| Referee = Harton (Princeton)

}}

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{{See also|1911 North Carolina A&M Aggies football team}}

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Rogers.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: A. J. Phillips (left end), W. T. Hurtt (left tackle), S. B. Sykes (left guard), C. D. McIver (center), J. L. Dunn (right guard), D. B. Floyd (right tackle), David Seifert (right end), Tal Stafford (quarterback), D. A. Robertson (left halfback), H. M. Cool (right halfback), Nathan Hargrove (fullback).

The following players were members of the 1911 football team according to the roster published in the 1912 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.{{Cite web|work=Virginia Tech Bugle|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1912/1912_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1912|date=1912|page=176|access-date=2015-12-03}}

• Head coach: Lew Riess
• Manager: G. G. Garrison

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