1912 VPI Gobblers football team

1912 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1912 record	5–4 (1–2 SAIAA)
Head coach	Branch Bocock (3rd year)
Captain	William Henry Burruss
Home stadium	Miles Field

1912 SAIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown $	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Washington and Lee	3	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Virginia	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
VPI	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
North Carolina	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28, 1912[1]		Roanoke*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 40–0	-
October 5, 1912		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 42–7	-
October 12, 1912		at Princeton*	University Field • Princeton, NJ	L 0–31	-
October 19, 1912		Western Maryland*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 44–0	-
October 26, 1912		vs. North Carolina	State Fair Grounds[2] • Raleigh, NC	W 26–0	2,000[2]
November 2, 1912		Medical College of Virginia*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	L 0–10	-
November 9, 1912	3:00pm[3]	vs. Washington and Lee	Fair Grounds[3] • Roanoke, VA	L 6–20	3,500[4]
November 16, 1912		West Virginia*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 41–0	-
November 28, 1912		at Georgetown	Georgetown Field • Washington, DC	L 3–24	-
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1912 Virginia Tech football schedule^[5]

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.^[6]

VPI 1912 roster
	Quarterback James Booth Rogers Guards Gordon Lefebre Arthur Penick Moore Lewis A. Pick Tackles William Henry Burruss (Capt.) Werner Joseph Schultz Thomas M. Whitehead Center Peyton Evans		Ends Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson Houston Boyd Hughes C. B. Mackan Halfbacks Withrow Reynolds Legge Orrin R. Magill David Walker Parrish Fullback John Rudisil Vawter

References

1. "Techs Smother Roanoke Lads". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. September 29, 1912. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
2. "Virginia Techs Spring Surprise". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 27, 1912. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
3. "V.P.I. and W. & L. in Battle Royal Today". The Evening News. Library of Virginia. November 9, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
4. "V.P.I., 6; W. & L., 20" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. November 12, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
5. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1912–1913". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 4, 2015.
6. "The Bugle 1913" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1913. p. 154. Retrieved 2015-12-06.