1919 VPI Gobblers football team

1919 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1919 record	5–4 (2–4 SAIAA)
Head coach	Charles Bernier (3rd year)
Captain	James Thomas Hardwick Henry Redd
Home stadium	Miles Field

1919 SAIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgetown $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Maryland	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Richmond	2	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
VPI	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	2
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Catholic	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Davidson	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1919 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1919 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Bernier and finished with a record of five wins and four losses (5–4).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 4, 1919		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 13–0	-
October 11, 1919		Richmond	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 21–0	-
October 18, 1919		at Georgetown	Georgetown Field • Washington, DC	L 7–33	-
October 25, 1919		at Maryland	College Park, MD	W 6–0	-
November 1, 1919		vs. Washington and Lee	Lynchburg, VA	L 0–3	-
November 8, 1919		Wake Forest*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 40–0	-
November 15, 1919		vs. NC State	Norfolk, VA	L 0–3	4,500[1]
November 22, 1919		Emory and Henry*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 99–0	-
November 27, 1919	3:00pm[2]	vs. VMI	Fair Grounds[2] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	L 0–13	6,584[3]
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1919 Virginia Tech football schedule^[4]

Players

The following players were members of the 1919 football team according to the roster published in the 1920 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[5]

VPI 1919 roster
	Quarterback Hank Crisp Guards A. B. Armstrong D. W. Shaner Sumner D. Tilson Tackles P. Hall Walter Morgan Pierce Centers John Kelly Copenhaver Harry Judson Hardwick		Ends James Thomas Hardwick (Capt.) George Frizzell Parrish Halfbacks J. R. Graham Robert Drew Godsey George Douglas Lancaster Harry Lee McCann Clarke Randolph Willey Fullback Henry Redd (Capt.)		Substitutes Camper Chapman Glenn Vernon Glaze Jones Samuel Anderson McConkey Guy Eldridge Rice Shepherd Walters Washington

References

1. "V.P.I. Licked By 3 Points". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 16, 1919. p. 18. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. "Record-Breaking Crowd Expected Today at the V.P.I.-V.M.I. Contest". The World News (Library of Virginia). November 27, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
3. Greene, Samuel (November 28, 1919). "V.M.I. Wins Victory in a Brilliant Game With Tech Warriors". The World News (Library of Virginia). p. 9. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
4. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1919–1920". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 14, 2015.
5. "The Bugle 1920" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1920. p. 183. Retrieved 2015-12-14.