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1923 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1923 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1923 college football season. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

1923 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3 (4–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHarry McMullen Sutton
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Lee + 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt * + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
VPI 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Maryland 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Florida 1 – 0 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Mississippi A&M 2 – 1 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Tulane 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Clemson 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Georgia Tech 0 – 0 – 4 3 – 2 – 4
NC State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Auburn 0 – 1 – 3 3 – 3 – 3
Kentucky 0 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Virginia 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
LSU 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * co-member of SIAA

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Hampden–Sydney*
W 29–0[1]
October 6Davidson*
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 7–0[2][3][4][5]
October 13at 3rd Army Corps*
L 17–21[6]
October 20vs. Maryland
W 16–75,000[7][8]
October 27at Washington and Lee
L 0–125,000–7,000[9][10][11][12]
November 3Clemson
  • Miles Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 25–6[13]
November 102:45 p.m.vs. NC State
W 16–0[14][15][16]
November 172:30 p.m.at Virginia
W 6–36,000[17][18][19]
November 292:30 p.m.vs. VMI*
L 0–614,000–18,000[20][21][22]

Game summaries

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Hampden–Sydney

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The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Baker (left tackle), Ray (left guard), Moran (center), Hammock (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Flory (right halfback), Buchanan (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, Beck, DeLaBarre, Ebert, Gaines, Greene, Liebrecht, Moss, Nutter, Pumphrey, Roberts, Whitt and Wood.

The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Edwin Ott (left end), William Fuqua (left tackle), Kent (left guard), Alfred Dudley (center), Cecil Blankenship (right guard), Edward Sager (right tackle), Hurt (right end), Robert Brenaman (quarterback), Bailey Tyson (left halfback), A. A. Adkins (right halfback), Claiborne Carter (fullback). The substitutes were: Gold, W. Nace, William Richardson and William Venable.

Davidson

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Davidson vs. VPI
1 234Total
Davidson 0 000 0
• VPI 0 700 7
See also: 1923 Davidson Wildcats football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Greene (left end), Baker (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Moran (center), Hammock (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Roberts (quarterback), Sutton (left halfback), Buchanan (right halfback), DeLaBarre (fullback). The substitutes were: Beck, Flory, Liebrecht, Moss, Nutter, Pumphrey and Rhodes.

The starting lineup for Davidson was: Charles Davis (left end), Charles Hodgin (left tackle), William Long (left guard), Mason Field (center), Ralph Boggs (right guard), Samuel Summers (right tackle), Elias Faison (right end), James Hendrix (quarterback), W. M. Black (left halfback), W. S. Shepherd (right halfback), James DeArmon (fullback). The substitutes were: Thompson Baker, John Covington, Warren Cox, John Hunt, Red Laird, Harry Lindamood, Nevin Sappenfield and Harry Vance.

3rd Army Corps

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VPI at 3rd Army Corps
1 234Total
VPI 0 0710 17
• 3rd 0 7140 21

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Greene (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Moran (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), Buchanan (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, DeLaBarre, Flory, Gaines, Hammock and Roberts.

The starting lineup for 3rd Army Corps was: H. E. Tyler (left end), O'Farrell Knight (left tackle), Moore (left guard), Francis Greene (center), John Stokes (right guard), Franz von Schilling (right tackle), White (right end), Cornman Hahn (quarterback), Dodd (left halfback), Pishon (right halfback), Vic Noyes (fullback). The substitutes were: Jared and Arthur Rogers.

Maryland

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Maryland vs. VPI
1 234Total
Maryland 0 070 7
• VPI 9 007 16
See also: 1923 Maryland Aggies football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Greene (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Moran (center), Hammock (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), Buchanan (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, Baker, DeLaBarre, Flory, Ray and Roberts.

The starting lineup for Maryland was: Bill Supplee (left end), Walter Bromley (left tackle), Irving Hall (left guard), Cecil Branner (center), John Hough (right guard), Joseph C. Burger (right tackle), John R. Lanigan (right end), Kirkland Besley (quarterback), Ed Pugh (left halfback), George Heine (right halfback), Jack McQuade (fullback). The substitutes were: Mac Brewer, John Groves and George Pollock.

Washington and Lee

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VPI at Washington & Lee
1 234Total
VPI 0 000 0
• W&L 12 000 12
  • Date: October 27, 1923
  • Location: Fair Grounds
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 5,000–7,000
  • Game weather: "Beautiful"
  • Referee: Jack Gass
See also: 1923 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Greene (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Baker (center), Hammock (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), Buchanan (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, DeLaBarre, Flory, Nutter, Ray and Roberts.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Ralph Daves (left end), Warren E. Tilson (left tackle), Douglas Bemis (left guard), Preston Hatcher (center), Merrell Budnick (right guard), Leslie Stemmons (right tackle), James Kay Thomas (right end), Everett Burke (quarterback), Robert Frew (left halfback), Mayo Hamilton (right halfback), Eddie Cameron (fullback). The substitutes were: Thomas Bemis, Harry Dawson and Henry McMillan.

Clemson

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See also: 1923 Clemson Tigers football team

NC State

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NC State vs. VPI
1 234Total
NC State 0 000 0
• VPI 0 0106 16
See also: 1923 NC State Wolfpack football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Greene (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Rutherford (left halfback), Flory (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, Beck, DeLaBarre, Gaines, Hammock, Nutter, Roberts, Saunders and Williams.

The starting lineup for NC State was: Elms (left end), William Cox (left tackle), Henry Seawell (left guard), Thomas Bostian (center), Percy Beatty (right guard), G. Randolph Logan (right tackle), Samuel Wallis (right end), Sprague (quarterback), Shuford (left halfback), Alfred Johnston (right halfback), Gaither Lassiter (fullback). The substitutes were: Beasley, Johnson, Joseph Ripple and William White.

Virginia

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VPI at Virginia
1 234Total
• VPI 0 006 6
UVA 3 000 3
See also: 1923 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Greene (left tackle), Rea (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Holly (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Flory (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Bailey, Baker, Buchanan, Hammock, and Nutter.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: William Deitrick (left end), Mul Holland (left tackle), Thomas Hall (left guard), Fred Thesmar (center), George Baldwin (right guard), James Winston (right tackle), Donald Darby (right end), George Arnold (quarterback), Garland Hubbard (left halfback), Samuel Maphis (right halfback), Paul Walp (fullback). The substitutes were: Walter Brown, Henry Foster, Loth, Thomas McCoy, Taylor, Coleman Walker and Maitland Wilson.

VMI

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VMI vs. VPI
1 234Total
• VMI 0 060 6
VPI 0 000 0
  • Date: November 29, 1923
  • Location: Fair Grounds
    Roanoke, VA
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 14,000–18,000
  • Game weather: "Steady downpour"
  • Referee: Ed Thorpe (De LaSalle)
See also: 1923 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Rhodes (left end), Liebrecht (left tackle), Moran (left guard), Baker (center), Hammock (right guard), Graham (right tackle), Nutter (right end), Sutton (quarterback), Flory (left halfback), Rutherford (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Buchanan, Greene, Rea and Roberts.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Mortimer Watkins (left end), Charlie Barbour (left tackle), Thomas McCracken (left guard), Francis Ferguson (center), Carl Hammond (right guard), Frank Clements (right tackle), Eugene Carlton (right end), Worthington Faulkner (quarterback), Paul Caldwell (left halfback), Edward Ryder (right halfback), Khleber Attwell (fullback). The substitutes were: Windy White.

Players

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Roster

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VPI 1923 roster
  • Adams
  • S. R. Bailey
  • Robert Baker
  • C. O. Beck
  • Brown
  • Raymond Buchanan
  • Bullock
  • Byrd
  • Harry White Culbreth
  • Cecil Franzen DeLaBarre
  • P. R. Ebert
  • Charles Flory
  • Edwin Ruthven Gaines
  • Glaze
  • Samuel Graham
  • Arthur Greene
  • Lawrence Hammock
  • Hart
  • Forrest Holly
  • Johnson
  • Edward Frank Liebrecht
  • Joseph Moran
  • Jack Moss
  • Oscar Nutter
  • James Ray
  • Robert Rea
  • Charles Rhodes
  • Arthur Roberts
  • Rumphrey
  • Donald Rutherford
  • Stennette
  • Harry McMullen Sutton (Capt.)
  • Williams
  • Wood

Monogram Club members

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Seventeen players received monograms for their participation on the 1923 VPI team.[23]

Player Hometown Notes
Robert Lindsay Baker
C. O. Beck
Raymond Madison Buchanan
S. R. Bailey
Charles Laurence Flory
Samuel Oscar Graham
Arthur Trevilian Greene
Lawrence Atkins Hammock
Forrest William Holly
Joseph Henry Moran
Jack Wellford Moss Roanoke, Virginia United States Army Corps of Engineers. During World War II, he developed methods for crossing rice paddies in the Philippines in planning for the invasion of Japan. He was also the chief engineer in charge of plans, design and construction of Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base.
Oscar Price Nutter Blacksburg, Virginia 2nd Lieutenant, Army.
James Edward Ray
Robert James Rea
Charles Douglas Rhodes
Arthur Roberts
Donald Hurt Rutherford

Coaching and training staff

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  • Head coach: B. C. Cubbage
  • Assistant coach: J. G. Wallace
  • Manager: J. F. Baker
  • Freshman head coach: Henry Redd
  • Freshman Managers
    • W. T. Johns, Jr.
    • Carroll

References

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  1. ^ "Techmen defeat Hampden–Sidney in easy fashion". The Roanoke Times. September 30, 1923. Retrieved December 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Davidson Holds Virginia Tech to 7 to 0 Victory". The Virginian-Pilot. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wildcats Fight V. P. I. To Standstill, Losing on an Intercepted Pass, 7-0". The Davidsonian. Davidson College. October 12, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "Moss' 80-Yard Run Saves Day for V. P. I." The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 7, 1923. p. 67. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Intercepted Pass Wins". The Norfolk Post. Library of Virginia. October 8, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Third Corps Winner Over Virginia Poly". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 14, 1923. p. 81. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Poly Gets Some Help and Ends Our Streak". The Diamondback. University of Maryland, College Park. October 23, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  8. ^ H.C. Byrd (October 21, 1923). "Virginia Poly Defeats Maryland, 16-7". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. p. 59. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Generals Outgeneral Techmen 12-0" (PDF). Ring-tum Phi. Washington and Lee University. October 27, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "W. & L. Beats V. P. I. on Losers' Fumbles". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. October 28, 1923. p. 61. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Washington and Lee University Defeated V. P. I." The Lexington Gazette. Library of Virginia. October 31, 1923. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "Washington and Lee Takes Revenge On Virginia Poly 12 To 0". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "Tigers Lose To Va. Polytechs". The Tiger. Clemson University. November 7, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "State Holds V. P. I. Scoreless In First Two Periods, But Lose". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 16, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  15. ^ "Virginia Poly Wins By A Strong Finish". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 11, 1923. p. 65. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "Tech Wins When State Weakens In Final Half". The Norfolk Post. Library of Virginia. November 12, 1923. p. 7. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  17. ^ "Tech Wins Hard Battle". The Daily Progress. University of Virginia. November 19, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  18. ^ "Tech Downs Varsity After Hard Battle". The Cavalier Daily. November 20, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  19. ^ "Virginia Nosed Out By V. P. I., 6 To 3". The Sunday Star. Library of Congress. November 18, 1923. p. 69. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  20. ^ "Flying Squadron Wins Great Game In Roanoke Thanksgiving Day From Tech By Score Of 6–0". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 3, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  21. ^ "White Wins For Cadets". The Norfolk Post. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  22. ^ "V. M. I. Defeated Their Old Opponents, V. P. I., In Great Football Game At Roanoke Thanksgiving Day". Rockbridge County News. Library of Virginia. December 6, 1923. p. 3. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  23. ^ "The Bugle 1924". Virginia Tech. p. 245. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
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