1908 VPI football team

1908 Virginia Tech Hokies football

Conference	Independent
1908 record	5–4
Head coach	R. M. Brown (1st year)
Captain	Joseph Talmage Luttrell
Home stadium	Gibboney Field

The 1908 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1908 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. M. Brown and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 3, 1908		Hampden–Sydney*	Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 50–0	-
October 10, 1908		at Clemson*	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	W 6–0	-
October 17, 1908		at Princeton*	University Field • Princeton, NJ	L 4–10	-
October 24, 1908		vs. VMI*	Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 10–0	-
October 31, 1908		vs. Washington and Lee*	Lynchburg, VA	W 15–4	5,000^[1]
November 7, 1908^[2]	3:30pm^[3]	vs. North Carolina	Broad Street Park^[4] • Richmond, VA	W 10–0	-
November 14, 1908		George Washington	Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA	L 0–6	-
November 21, 1908		at Navy*	Worden Field • Annapolis, MD	L 4–15	-
November 26, 1908		vs. North Carolina A&M	Lafayette Field^[5] • Norfolk, VA	L 5–6	5,000^[5]
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1908 Virginia Tech football schedule^[6]

Players

The following players were members of the 1908 football team according to the roster published in the 1909 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[7]

VPI 1908 roster

Quarterback

Frederick William Connolly

Guards

Hoss Hodgson
Walker

Tackles

Harry Guilford Jones
John Porter Jones

Center

Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs

Ends

Thomas Paret Hicks
Paul Phillippi Huffard

Halfbacks

Henry Evans Billups
Joseph Talmage Luttrell (Capt.)

Fullback

Vivian Burnett Hodgson

References

↑ "Techs Play Rings Round W. & L.". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 1, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
↑ "Tech Outpoint Carolina Rivals". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 8, 1908. p. E1. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
↑ "Techs and Tarheels Ready For the Fray". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 7, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
↑ "Foot-Ball V.P.I. vs. Carolina". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 1, 1908. p. E2. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
1 2 "Their Relations Are Broken Off". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 27, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1908–1909". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 18, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1909" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1909. p. 152. Retrieved 2015-11-18.

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