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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
| Mode = football
{{Infobox college sports team season
| Year = 1896
| year = 1896
| Team = VPI
| team = VPI
| Image = VT football team 1896.jpg
| sport = football
| image_size = 275px
| image_caption = VPI's football team in 1896
| image = VT football team 1896.jpg
| image_size = 285
| Conference = Independent
| conference = Independent
| Division =
| record = 5–2–1
| ShortConference =
| head_coach = [[Arlie C. Jones]]
| CoachRank =
| hc_year = 2nd
| APRank =
| captain = [[J. Lewis Ingles]]
| Record = 4–3–1
| stadium = [[Sheib Field]]
| ConfRecord =
| HeadCoach = [[Arlie C. Jones]]
| prev = [[1895 VAMC football team|1895]]
| HCYear = 2nd
| OffCoach =
| DefCoach =
| OScheme =
| DScheme =
| Captain = [[J. Lewis Ingles]]
| StadiumArena = [[Sheib Field]]
| Champion =
| BowlTourney =
| BowlTourneyResult =
| prev = [[1895 VAMC football team|1895]]
}}
}}
{{1896 Southern college football independents records}}
The '''1896 VPI football team''' represented [[Virginia Tech|Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute]] in the [[1896 college football season]]. The team was led by their head coach [[Arlie C. Jones]] and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie (5–2–1).


==Scoring==
The '''1896 VPI football team''' represented [[Virginia Tech|Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute]] in the [[1896 college football season]]. The team was led by their head coach [[Arlie C. Jones]] and finished with a record of four wins, three losses, and one tie (4–3–1).
The [[College football#Scoring table|scoring in 1896]] was:

*[[Touchdown]] worth '''4 points'''
*[[Field goal]] worth '''5 points'''
*[[conversion (gridiron football)|Conversion]] (kick) worth '''2 points'''
*[[Safety (American football score)|Safety]] worth '''2 points'''


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB Schedule Start|time=yes|rank=no|ranklink=|rankyear=|tv=no|attend=yes}}
| timezone = Eastern
{{CFB Schedule Entry

| date = October 10, 1896
|{{CFB schedule entry
| time =
| date = October 10
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| time =
| homecoming =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Alleghany Institute
| away =
| site_stadium = [[Miles Field (Virginia Tech)|Sheib Field]]
| neutral =
| site_cityst = [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg, VA]]
| rank = no
| score = 20-0
| opponent = Alleghany Institute
| opprank =
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Football News|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961013&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=October 13, 1896|page=5|access-date=October 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Alleghany Won|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961011.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=October 11, 1896|page=5|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Magic City|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961011.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=October 11, 1896|page=1|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| site_stadium = [[Sheib Field]]
| site_cityst =[[Blacksburg, VA]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 0–20<ref>{{cite news |title=Alleghany Won|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961011.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=October 11, 1896|page=5|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Magic City|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961011.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=October 11, 1896|page=1|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20, 1896
| date = October 20
| time =
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1896|team=Roanoke Maroons|title=Roanoke}}
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[Roanoke Maroons#Football|Roanoke College]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Sheib Field
| site_stadium = Sheib Field
| site_cityst = [[Blacksburg, VA]]
| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA
| gamename =
| score = 12–0
| tv = no
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=A Football Game|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95079481/1896-10-22/ed-1/seq-8/|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times|The Roanoke Daily Times]]|date=October 22, 1896|page=8|access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>
| score = 12–0
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24, 1896
| date = October 24
| time =
| time =
| w/l = t
| w/l = t
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| homecoming =
| site_stadium = Athletic Park (Danville)
| away =
| site_cityst = [[Danville, Virginia|Danville, VA]]
| neutral = y
| rank = no
| score = 0–0
| attend = 600–700
| opponent = [[1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Neither Side Scored|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961025.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=October 25, 1896|page=4|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Neither Side Scored|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961025.1.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=October 25, 1896|page=13|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Tie Game|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961025.1.12&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=October 25, 1896|page=12|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=UNC>{{cite news |title=A Drawn Battle|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073227/1896-10-31/ed-1/seq-1/|publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|newspaper=[[The Daily Tar Heel|The Tar Heel]]|date=October 31, 1896|page=1|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref>
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Danville, VA]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 0–0
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31, 1896
| date = October 31
| time = 4:00 p.m.
| time = 4:00pm<ref name=virginia>{{cite news |title=Foot-Ball in Virginia|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961101&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1896--#|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 1, 1896|page=6|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}</ref>
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = y
| opponent = [[1896 Virginia Orange and Blue football team|Virginia]]
| homecoming =
| away = y
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1896 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = Madison Hall Field
| site_stadium = Madison Hall Field
| site_cityst = [[Charlottesville, VA]]
| site_cityst = [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville, VA]]
| gamename = [[Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry|rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 0–44
| score = 0–44
| attend = 600
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg Downed|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961101.1.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=November 1, 1896|page=15|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=virginia>{{cite news |title=Foot-Ball in Virginia|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961101.1.6&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1896--|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 1, 1896|page=6|access-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref>
| overtime =
| attend = 600<ref name=virginia />
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2, 1896
| date = November 2
| time =
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1896|team=Hampden–Sydney Tigers|title=Hampden–Sydney}}
| homecoming =
| site_stadium =
| away =
| site_cityst = [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg, VA]]
| neutral = y
| rank = no
| score = 42–0
| attend =
| opponent = [[Hampden–Sydney Tigers#Football|Hampden–Sydney]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg, 42; Hampden–Sidney, 0|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961103.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 3, 1896|page=7|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg Won|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961103.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=November 3, 1896|page=3|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Lynchburg, VA]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 46–0
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14, 1896
| date = November 14
| time =
| time =
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| nonconf =
| away = y
| opponent = [[1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
| homecoming =
| away = y
| neutral =
| rank = no
| opponent = [[1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]
| opprank =
| site_stadium = [[Waite Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Waite Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Knoxville, TN]]
| site_cityst = [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
| gamename =
| score = 4–6
| tv = no
| attend =
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Tennessee and Blacksburg|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961115.1.16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 15, 1896|page=16|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg Defeated|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961115.1.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=November 15, 1896|page=13|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| score = 4–6
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16, 1896
| date = November 16
| time =
| time =
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1896|team=Maryville Scots|title=Maryville (TN)}}
| homecoming =
| site_stadium =
| away =
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| neutral = y
| rank = no
| score = 52–0
| attend =
| opponent = [[Maryville College#Athletics|Maryville College]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Blacksburgs Triumphant|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961117.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 17, 1896|page=7|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Knoxville, TN]]
| gamename =
| tv = no
| score = 52–0
| overtime =
| attend = -
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26, 1896
| date = November 26
| time = 2:30 p.m.
| time = 2:30pm<ref name=vmi>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg Beats V.M.I.|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961127&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1896--#|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 27, 1896|page=3|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}</ref>
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf =
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1896 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]
| homecoming =
| site_stadium =
| away =
| site_cityst = [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke, VA]]
| neutral = y
| gamename = [[VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry|rivalry]]
| rank = no
| score = 24–0
| opponent = [[1896 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]
| opprank =
| attend = 2,000
| source = <ref name=vmi>{{cite news |title=Blacksburg Beats V.M.I.|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T18961127.1.3&e=------189-en-20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-foot+ball----1896--|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Times]]|date=November 27, 1896|page=3|access-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Big Crowds Saw It|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961127.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=November 27, 1896|page=1|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Other State Games|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD18961127.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch|The Richmond Dispatch]]|date=November 27, 1896|page=2|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Roanoke, VA]]
| gamename = [[VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| tv = no
| score = 24–0
| overtime =
| attend = 2,000<ref name=vmi />
}}
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=no|poll=|timezone=[[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]]|hc=no}}

*<small>Source: HokieSports.com: 1896 Virginia Tech football schedule<ref>[http://www.hokiesports.com/football/pastschedules.html?season=1896 Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules] "1896–1897". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed November 4, 2015.</ref></small>
==Game summaries==
===Alleghany Institute===

===Cancelled St. Albans Game===
A game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on October 17, 1896 in [[Radford, Virginia]]. However, the game was not played after a dispute between both teams regarding the amateur eligibility of players on both sides.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Other Side|url=https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=TRDT18961021.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times]]|date=October 21, 1896|page=4|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Roanoke===
The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Pelter (right guard), R. Herbert (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback).

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: M. G. Jones (left end), Bales (left tackle), Terry (left guard), Keister (center), McClintic (right guard), Claiborne (right tackle), Robertson (right end), Hatcher (quarterback), Akard (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Jones (fullback). The substitutes were: Boyd and Downing.

===North Carolina===
{{AFB game box start
| Title = '''North Carolina vs. VPI'''
| Visitor = '''[[1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|UNC]]'''
| Host = '''VPI'''
| V1 = 0| V2 = 0
| H1 = 0| H2 = 0
| Date = October 24, 1896
| Location = Athletic Park (Danville)<br />[[Danville, Virginia|Danville, VA]]
| StartTime =
| ElapsedTime =
| Attendance = 600–700
| Weather =
| Referee = Mahoun
}}
{{AFB game box end}}
{{See also|1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team}}
The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Pelter (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Mayer (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Poindexter.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: [[Joel Whitaker]] (left end), Robert Wright (left tackle), E. L. Neville (left guard), C. C. Joyner (center), James Carson (right guard), Harry Lake (right tackle), Charles Best (right end), Thomas Green (quarterback), Patterson (left halfback), F. J. Haywood (right halfback), Arthur Belden (fullback).

===Virginia===
{{AFB game box start
| Title = '''VPI at Virginia'''
| Visitor = VPI
| Host = '''[[1896 Virginia Orange and Blue football team|UVA]]'''
| V1 = 0| V2 = 0
| H1 = 28| H2 = 16
| Date = October 31, 1896
| Location = Madison Hall Field<br />[[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville, VA]]
| StartTime = 4:00 p.m.
| ElapsedTime =
| Attendance = 600
| Weather =
| Referee = Fred Harper
}}
{{AFB game box end}}
{{See also|1896 Virginia Orange and Blue football team}}
The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Smith.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: [[W. A. Martin]] (left end), Alexander Moore (left tackle), Johnson (left guard), Gustavus Wallace (center), [[Eugene Davis (doctor)|Eugene Davis]] (right guard), V. H. Samoskeoy (right tackle), Paul Cocke (right end), [[Archie Hoxton]] (quarterback), [[Virginius Dabney (American football)|Virginius Dabney]] (left halfback), Robert Groner (right halfback), [[James Morrison (American football)|James Morrison]] (fullback). The substitutes were: [[Malcolm Griffin (American football)|Malcolm Griffin]].

===Hampden–Sydney===

===Tennessee===
{{See also|1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team}}

===Maryville===

===VMI===
{{AFB game box start
| Title = '''VMI vs. VPI'''
| Visitor = [[1896 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]
| Host = '''VPI'''
| V1 = 0| V2 = 0
| H1 = 18| H2 = 6
| Date = November 26, 1896
| Location = [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke, VA]]
| StartTime = 2:30 p.m.
| ElapsedTime =
| Attendance = 2,000
| Weather =
| Referee = R. C. Waldon
}}
{{AFB game box end}}
{{See also|1896 VMI Keydets football team}}
The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Whitehurst.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Harman (left end), Morrell Mills (left tackle), Rice (left guard), George Marrow (center), Percy Montgomery (right guard), James Harding (right tackle), Elisha McGill (right end), William Montgomery (quarterback), Richard Lawson (left halfback), John Steger (right halfback), Sidney Moore (fullback).


==Players==
==Players==
The following players were members of the 1896 football team according to the roster published in the 1897 and 1903 editions of ''The Bugle'', the Virginia Tech yearbook.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech Bugle]]|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1897/pg81.htm|title=The Bugle 1897|date=1897|accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech Bugle]]|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1903|date=1903|page=129|accessdate=2015-11-04}}</ref>
The following players were members of the 1896 football team according to the roster published in the 1897 and 1903 editions of ''The Bugle'', the Virginia Tech yearbook.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech Bugle]]|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1897/pg81.htm|title=The Bugle 1897|date=1897|access-date=2015-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech Bugle]]|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1903/1903_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1903|date=1903|page=129|access-date=2015-11-04}}</ref>
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| style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Quarterback]]'''
| style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Quarterback]]'''
* Tarpley Douglas Martin
* Tarpley Douglas Martin
'''[[Guard (American and Canadian football)|Guards]]'''
'''[[Guard (gridiron football)|Guards]]'''
* William Lawrence Mayer
* William Lawrence Mayer
* Nerbon Robert Patrick
* Nerbon Robert Patrick
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* Benjamin Lanier Traynham
* Benjamin Lanier Traynham
|}
|}

==Coaching and training staff==
* Head coach: [[Arlie C. Jones]]
* Manager: Carl E. Hardy
* Assistant manager: George S. Merrick
* Medical adviser: W. F. Henderson, MD


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1896 college football season|Virginia Tech]]
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[[Category:Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons]]
[[Category:1896 in Virginia]]
[[Category:1896 in sports in Virginia|VPI football]]

Latest revision as of 21:40, 14 October 2024

1896 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. Lewis Ingles
Home stadiumSheib Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 1
Texas A&M   –   2 – 0 – 1
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 2
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 0
Clemson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   1 – 1 – 1
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 4 – 1
Furman   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss   –   1 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   3 – 7 – 2
South Carolina   –   1 – 3 – 0
Erskine   –   0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   0 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   0 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1896 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Arlie C. Jones and finished with a record of five wins, two losses, and one tie (5–2–1).

Scoring

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The scoring in 1896 was:

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Alleghany Institute
W 20-0[1][2][3]
October 20Roanoke
  • Sheib Field
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 12–0[4]
October 24vs. North Carolina
T 0–0600–700[5][6][7][8]
October 314:00 p.m.at Virginia
L 0–44600[9][10]
November 2vs. Hampden–SydneyLynchburg, VAW 42–0[11][12]
November 14at Tennessee
L 4–6[13][14]
November 16vs. Maryville (TN)Knoxville, TNW 52–0[15]
November 262:30 p.m.vs. VMIRoanoke, VA (rivalry)W 24–02,000[16][17][18]

Game summaries

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Alleghany Institute

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Cancelled St. Albans Game

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A game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on October 17, 1896 in Radford, Virginia. However, the game was not played after a dispute between both teams regarding the amateur eligibility of players on both sides.[19]

Roanoke

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The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), Thomas (center), Pelter (right guard), R. Herbert (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback).

The starting lineup for Roanoke was: M. G. Jones (left end), Bales (left tackle), Terry (left guard), Keister (center), McClintic (right guard), Claiborne (right tackle), Robertson (right end), Hatcher (quarterback), Akard (left halfback), Miller (right halfback), Jones (fullback). The substitutes were: Boyd and Downing.

North Carolina

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North Carolina vs. VPI
1 2Total
UNC 0 0 0
VPI 0 0 0
  • Date: October 24, 1896
  • Location: Athletic Park (Danville)
    Danville, VA
  • Game attendance: 600–700
  • Referee: Mahoun
See also: 1896 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Pelter (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Mayer (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Poindexter.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Joel Whitaker (left end), Robert Wright (left tackle), E. L. Neville (left guard), C. C. Joyner (center), James Carson (right guard), Harry Lake (right tackle), Charles Best (right end), Thomas Green (quarterback), Patterson (left halfback), F. J. Haywood (right halfback), Arthur Belden (fullback).

Virginia

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VPI at Virginia
1 2Total
VPI 0 0 0
• UVA 28 16 44
  • Date: October 31, 1896
  • Location: Madison Hall Field
    Charlottesville, VA
  • Game start: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 600
  • Referee: Fred Harper
See also: 1896 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Smith.

The starting lineup for Virginia was: W. A. Martin (left end), Alexander Moore (left tackle), Johnson (left guard), Gustavus Wallace (center), Eugene Davis (right guard), V. H. Samoskeoy (right tackle), Paul Cocke (right end), Archie Hoxton (quarterback), Virginius Dabney (left halfback), Robert Groner (right halfback), James Morrison (fullback). The substitutes were: Malcolm Griffin.

Hampden–Sydney

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Tennessee

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See also: 1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Maryville

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VMI

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VMI vs. VPI
1 2Total
VMI 0 0 0
• VPI 18 6 24
  • Date: November 26, 1896
  • Location: Roanoke, VA
  • Game start: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Referee: R. C. Waldon
See also: 1896 VMI Keydets football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Johnson (left end), Starke (left tackle), Mayer (left guard), R. Herbert (center), Pelter (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Treadwell (right end), Martin (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Eskridge (right halfback), E. Herbert (fullback). The substitutes were: Whitehurst.

The starting lineup for VMI was: Harman (left end), Morrell Mills (left tackle), Rice (left guard), George Marrow (center), Percy Montgomery (right guard), James Harding (right tackle), Elisha McGill (right end), William Montgomery (quarterback), Richard Lawson (left halfback), John Steger (right halfback), Sidney Moore (fullback).

Players

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The following players were members of the 1896 football team according to the roster published in the 1897 and 1903 editions of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[20][21]

VPI 1896 roster
Quarterback
  • Tarpley Douglas Martin

Guards

  • William Lawrence Mayer
  • Nerbon Robert Patrick
  • Joseph Glenwood Pelter

Tackles

  • William Edwin Starke
  • Charles Morton Wood

Centers

  • Richard Ainsworth Herbert
  • Sidney Johnson Thomas
 Ends
  • Howard Archer Johnson
  • William B. Treadwell

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

  • Edward Henry Herbert
  • Obediah Francis Whitehurst
 Substitutes
  • Charles Weedon Cochran
  • William Franklin Cox
  • George H. King
  • David Gray Langhorne
  • Dabney Thomas Poindexter
  • G. H. Townes
  • Benjamin Lanier Traynham

Coaching and training staff

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  • Head coach: Arlie C. Jones
  • Manager: Carl E. Hardy
  • Assistant manager: George S. Merrick
  • Medical adviser: W. F. Henderson, MD

References

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  1. ^ "Football News". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 13, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Alleghany Won". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 11, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Magic City". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 11, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "A Football Game". The Roanoke Daily Times. Library of Congress. October 22, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 25, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Neither Side Scored". The Times. Library of Virginia. October 25, 1896. p. 13. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "A Tie Game". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. October 25, 1896. p. 12. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  8. ^ "A Drawn Battle". The Tar Heel. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. October 31, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  9. ^ "Blacksburg Downed". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1896. p. 15. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Foot-Ball in Virginia". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. ^ "Blacksburg, 42; Hampden–Sidney, 0". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 3, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "Blacksburg Won". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 3, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  13. ^ "Tennessee and Blacksburg". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1896. p. 16. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  14. ^ "Blacksburg Defeated". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1896. p. 13. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  15. ^ "Blacksburgs Triumphant". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 17, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "Blacksburg Beats V.M.I." The Times. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  17. ^ "Big Crowds Saw It". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  18. ^ "Other State Games". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 27, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  19. ^ "The Other Side". The Roanoke Times. Library of Virginia. October 21, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  20. ^ "The Bugle 1897". Virginia Tech Bugle. 1897. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  21. ^ "The Bugle 1903" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1903. p. 129. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
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