1921 VPI Gobblers football team

1921 Virginia Tech Hokies football

Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1921 record	7–3 (3–2 SAIAA)
Head coach	Ben Cubbage (1st year)
Captain	Sumner D. Tilson
Home stadium	Miles Field

1921 SAIAA football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington & Lee $	2	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Georgetown	1	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
St. John's (MD)	1	–	0	–	0	1	–	0	–	0
Virginia	5	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
VPI	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Richmond	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Maryland	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Catholic	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
NC State	1	–	1	–	3	3	–	3	–	3
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Trinity	0	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	2
Davidson	0	–	1	–	3	3	–	4	–	3
Johns Hopkins	0	–	2	–	0	1	–	2	–	0
VMI	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
George Washington	0	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	2

$ – Conference champion

The 1921 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1921 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24, 1921		Hampden–Sydney*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 14–6	-
October 1, 1921		William & Mary	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 14–0	-
October 8, 1921		at Centre*	Cheek Field and Farris Stadium • Danville, KY	L 0–14	-
October 15, 1921	3:00pm^[1]	at Richmond	Stadium Field^[1] • Richmond, VA	W 34–0	4,000^[2]
October 22, 1921		vs. Maryland	American League Park^[3] • Washington, DC	L 7–10	-
October 29, 1921		vs. Washington and Lee	Lynchburg, VA	L 0–3	6,000^[4]–6,750^[5]
November 5, 1921		Morris Harvey*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 54–7	-
November 11, 1921		vs. NC State	Norfolk, VA	W 7–3	8,000^[6]
November 19, 1921		Roanoke*	Miles Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 35–0	-
November 24, 1921	2:30pm^[7]	vs. VMI	Fair Grounds^[7] • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)	W 26–7	10,000^[8]-15,000^[9]
*Non-conference game.

Source: HokieSports.com: 1921 Virginia Tech football schedule^[10]

Players

The following players were members of the 1921 football team according to the roster published in the 1922 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[11]

VPI 1921 roster
	R. L. Baker Herbert H. Gettle Harry Judson Hardwick H. W. Hess A. F. Hutcheson M. R. Jones R. E. Moore Robert James Rea		Franklyn Senator Resh H. A. Sheppard William Shields Sherertz Harry McMullen Sutton Sumner D. Tilson (Capt.) John Graham "Rip" Wallace Victor Peters Wilson

References

1 2 "Stalwart Sons of V.P.I. Reach Here Confident". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). October 15, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
↑ "Virginia Beats Cadets; Spiders Lose to Tech". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). October 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
↑ "Virginia Tech Forces Maryland to Limit". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). October 23, 1921. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ "W. & L. Takes Close Victory From V.P.I.". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). October 30, 1921. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ "W. & L. Downs V.P.I. 3 To 0" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi (Washington and Lee University). October 31, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
↑ "North Carolina State Defeated By Virginia Tech in Great Battle". The World News (Library of Virginia). November 12, 1921. p. 10. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
1 2 "V.M.I. and V.P.I. All Set For Gridiron Clash". The World News (Library of Virginia). November 24, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ "Virginia Tech Beats V.M.I. Cadets 26-7". Richmond Times-Dispatch (Library of Virginia). November 25, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ "Virginia Poly Defeats the V.M.I. Cadets by the Score of 26 to 7 in Annual Classic". The World News (Library of Virginia). November 25, 1921. p. 17. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1921–1922". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed December 18, 2015.
↑ "The Bugle 1922" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1922. Retrieved 2016-01-07.

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