1898 VPI football team

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1898 VPI football team - Wikipedia

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1898 VPI football

Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	J. Lewis Ingles (1st season)
Home stadium	Sheib Field
Seasons ← 1897 1899 →

1898 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
North Carolina		–		9	–	0	–	0
Central (KY)		–		3	–	0	–	1
Oklahoma		–		2	–	0	–	0
Navy		–		7	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		6	–	1	–	0
Marshall		–		4	–	1	–	0
Georgetown		–		7	–	3	–	0
Texas A&M		–		4	–	2	–	0
VMI		–		4	–	2	–	0
Arkansas Industrial		–		2	–	1	–	0
Centre		–		2	–	1	–	2
VPI		–		3	–	2	–	0
Virginia		–		6	–	5	–	0
Richmond		–		3	–	3	–	1
Davidson		–		1	–	1	–	0
William & Mary		–		1	–	1	–	0
South Carolina		–		1	–	2	–	0
Delaware		–		2	–	5	–	2
Columbian		–		3	–	6	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		1	–	2	–	0
Add-Ran		–		1	–	3	–	1
Maryland		–		2	–	6	–	1
Guilford		–		0	–	3	–	0

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).

Scoring

The scoring in 1898 was:

Touchdown worth 5 points
Field goal worth 5 points
Conversion (kick) worth 1 point
Safety worth 2 points

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 4	11:00 a.m.	vs. North Carolina	South Side Park Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–28	^[1]
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at Guilford*	Greensboro, NC	W 17–0	^[2]
November 7		vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore*	Rivermont Grounds Lynchburg, VA	L 0–23	^[3]^[4]
November 11		King*	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 58–0	^[5]
November 12		Bellevue School*	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 34–0	^[6]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

North Carolina

North Carolina vs. VPI

	1	2	Total
• UNC	11	17	28
VPI	6	0	6

Date: November 4, 1898
Location: South Side Park
Winston-Salem, NC
Game start: 11:00 a.m.
Referee: S. B. Alexander

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hubbard (left end), Thomas (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Cox (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Jewell (right end), Bell (quarterback), Rorebeck (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), Painter (fullback).

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Edwin Gregory (left end), S. E. Shull (left tackle), Cromartie (left guard), H. B. Cunningham (center), Isaac Phifer (right guard), Frank Bennett (right tackle), Herman Koehler (right end), Frank O. Rogers (quarterback), Jim MacRae (left halfback), Cartland (right halfback), Louis Graves (fullback). The substitutes were: E. V. Howell, Warren Kluttz and Miller.

Guilford

VPI at Guilford

	1	2	Total
• VPI	17	0	17
Guilford	0	0	0

Date: November 5, 1898
Location: Greensboro, NC
Game start: 2:30 p.m.
Referee: Cowan

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Thomas (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Cox (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Hubbard (right end), Bell (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Painter (fullback). The substitutes were: Huffard, McCrackin, McGavock and Roseback.

The starting lineup for Guilford was: Lewis (left end), Fox (left tackle), Foust (left guard), Bennett (center), Farlow (right guard), Wilson (right tackle), Hill (right end), Cowles (quarterback), Groome (left halfback), Moir (right halfback), Daniels (fullback).

Maryland, Baltimore

Maryland, Baltimore vs. VPI

	1	2	Total
• MB	17	6	23
VPI	0	0	0

Date: November 7, 1898
Location: Rivermont Grounds
Lynchburg, VA
Referee: Patrick

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Cox (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Thomas (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Hubbard (right end), Bell (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Painter (fullback). The substitutes were: Huffard, McCracken, McGavock and Rorebeck.

The starting lineup for Maryland, Baltimore was: Walker (left end), Nelson (left tackle), Dew (left guard), Gilbert (center), Cathell (right guard), Lewis (right tackle), Williams (right end), Green (quarterback), Lynch (left halfback), Frosher (right halfback), Whitaker (fullback). The substitutes were: Barrow, Emrick, Paget, Reese and Sellman.

King

Bellevue School

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.^[7]

VPI 1898 roster

Quarterback

William Frazier Bell

Guards

Robert William Carper
W. F. Cox

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

Coaching and training staff

Head coach: J. Lewis Ingles
Manager: G. W. Hutchinson

References

^ "Carolina Redeemed!". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 8, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Guilford College Notes". Greensboro Evening Telegram. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. November 7, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
^ "Maryland Won". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ "Maryland, 23; V.P.I., 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 8, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ "V.P.I. 58; King's College, 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 12, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ "V.P.I., 34; Bellevue, 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 13, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 130. Retrieved November 6, 2015.

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