1896 VPI football team

1896 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Virginia Tech's football team in 1896.
Conference	Independent
1896 record	5–2–1
Head coach	Arlie C. Jones (2nd year)
Captain	J. Lewis Ingles
Home stadium	Sheib Field

The 1896 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Arlie C. Jones and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie (5–2–1).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 10, 1896		Alleghany Institute	Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 20–0	-
October 20, 1896		Roanoke	Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 12–0	-
October 24, 1896		vs. North Carolina	Danville, VA	T 0–0	-
October 31, 1896	4:00pm^[1]	at Virginia	Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–44	600^[1]
November 2, 1896		vs. Hampden–Sydney	Lynchburg, VA	W 46–0	-
November 14, 1896		at Tennessee	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	L 4–6	-
November 16, 1896		vs. Maryville College	Knoxville, TN	W 52–0	-
November 26, 1896	2:30pm^[2]	vs. VMI	Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 24–0	2,000^[2]
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1896 Virginia Tech football schedule^[3]

Players

The following players were members of the 1896 football team according to the roster published in the 1897 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[4]^[5]

VPI 1896 roster

Quarterback

Tarpley Douglas Martin

Guards

William Lawrence Mayer
Nerbon Robert Patrick
Joseph Glenwood Pelter

Tackles

William Edwin Starke
Charles Morton Wood

Centers

Richard Ainsworth Herbert
Sidney Johnson Thomas

Ends

Howard Archer Johnson
William B. Treadwell

Halfbacks

Alexander Parker Eskridge
J. Lewis Ingles (Capt.)
K. Harrison

Fullbacks

Edward Henry Herbert
Obediah Francis Whitehurst

Substitutes

Charles Weedon Cochran
William Franklin Cox
George H. King
David Gray Langhorne
Dabney Thomas Poindexter
G. H. Townes
Benjamin Lanier Traynham

References

1 2 "Foot-Ball in Virginia". The Times (Library of Virginia). November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
1 2 "Blacksburg Beats V.M.I.". The Times (Library of Virginia). November 27, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1896–1897". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 4, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1897". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1897. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
↑ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 129. Retrieved 2015-11-04.

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