1898 VPI football team

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1898 VPI football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record 3–2 (0–1 SIAA)
Head coach J. Lewis Ingles (1st year)
Home stadium Sheib Field
Seasons
« 1897 1899 »
1898 SIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
North Carolina + 3 0 0     9 0 0
Sewanee + 3 0 0     4 0 0
LSU 1 0 0     1 0 0
Auburn 2 1 0     2 1 0
Georgia 3 2 0     4 2 0
Clemson 1 1 0     3 1 0
Tulane 1 1 0     1 1 0
Vanderbilt 1 2 0     1 5 0
Texas 0 1 0     5 1 0
VPI 0 1 0     3 2 0
Ole Miss 0 1 0     1 1 0
Nashville 0 2 0     0 2 0
Georgia Tech 0 3 0     0 3 0
Kentucky State 0 0 0     7 0 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1898 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1898 college football season. The team was led by their head coach J. Lewis Ingles and finished with a record of three wins and two losses (3–2).

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
November 4, 1898 vs. North Carolina Winston-Salem, NC L 6–28  
November 5, 1898 at Guilford College* Greensboro, NC W 17–0  
November 7, 1898 vs. UMBC* Lynchburg, VA L 0–23  
November 11, 1898 King College* Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA W 58–0  
November 12, 1898 Bellevue School* Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA W 29–0  
*Non-conference game.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1898 Virginia Tech football schedule[1]

Players

The following players were members of the 1898 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[2]

VPI 1898 roster
Quarterback
  • William Frazier Bell

Guards

Tackles

  • Sidney Johnson Thomas
  • Charles Morton Wood

Center

  • John Walter Stull
Ends
  • Archibald Blair Hubbard
  • Lindsay Louin Jewell

Halfbacks

  • Edward Wood Hardaway
  • John Brabson Huffard
  • J. Lewis Ingles
  • Curtis Grant Rorebeck

Fullback

  • Charles Whitfield Painter
Substitutes
  • McCracken
  • J. McGavock

References

  1. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1898–1899". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 6, 2015.
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