1897 VPI football team
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| 1897 VPI football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1897 record | 5–2 |
| Head coach | Charles Firth (1st year) |
| Captain | Howard Archer Johnson |
| Home stadium | Sheib Field |
The 1897 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1897 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Charles Firth and finished with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2).
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 1897 | King College | Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 54–0 | - | |||||
| October 30, 1897 | vs. North Carolina | Danville, VA | W 4–0 | 500[1] | |||||
| November 2, 1897 | Roanoke | Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA | W 41–0 | - | |||||
| November 6, 1897 | vs. UMBC | League Park[2] • Norfolk, VA | L 4–18 | 500[2] | |||||
| November 13, 1897 | at Richmond | Broad Street Park[3] • Richmond, VA | W 36–0 | 500[3] | |||||
| November 15, 1897 | 9:30am[4] | at Hampden–Sydney | Venable Field[4] • Hampden Sydney, VA | W 10–0 | - | ||||
| November 25, 1897 | vs. Tennessee | Roanoke, VA | L 0–18 | - | |||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1897 Virginia Tech football schedule[5]
Players
The following players were members of the 1897 football team according to the roster published in the 1898 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[6][7]
| VPI 1897 roster | ||||||||
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References
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- ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1897–1898". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 5, 2015.
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