The 1901 VPI football team represented
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the
1901 college football season
The 1901 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan, Yale, and Harvard as having been selected retrospectively as national champions. Harvard beat Yale 22– ...
. The team was led by their head coach
A. B. Morrison Jr. and finished with a record of six wins and one loss (6–1).
Schedule
Original schedule
The 1901 football schedule for VPI listed in the September 22 edition of
The Richmond Dispatch
The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, the capital of Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia.
Circulation
The ''Times-Dispatc ...
was as follows:
*September 28 – St. Albans in
Blacksburg, Virginia
Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of V ...
(game was not played)
*October 5 – St. Albans in
Radford, Virginia
Radford (formerly Lovely Mount, Central City, English Ferry and Ingle's Ferry) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of 2020, the population was 16,070 by the United States Census Bureau. For statistical purposes, the Bureau ...
(game was not played)
*October 11 –
Washington and Lee
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexington ...
in Blacksburg (played on this date)
*October 26 –
North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)
*November 9 –
Clemson in
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
(game was moved to October 31 and
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city ...
)
*November 16 –
University of Maryland, Baltimore
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1807, it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States ...
in
Richmond, Virginia
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(played on this date)
*November 23 – open (Stayed open)
*November 28 –
VMI in
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
(played on this date)
The 1901 football schedule in the September 24 edition of
The Roanoke Times
''The Roanoke Times'' is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It is published by Lee Enterprises. In addition to its headquarters in Roanoke, it maintains a bureau in Christiansburg, ...
included the following differences with the above schedule:
*October 12 –
Washington and Lee
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexington ...
in Blacksburg (game was moved to October 11 and played)
*October 19 –
Georgetown in
Washington, DC
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(game was played)
*October 26 –
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
in Blacksburg (game was played)
*November 2 – North Carolina A&M in Blacksburg (game was not played)
VPI also hoped to schedule a game with the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
on November 9,
[ but this game was not played.
After the games with St. Albans were not played on September 28 and October 5, ]The Richmond Dispatch
The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, the capital of Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia.
Circulation
The ''Times-Dispatc ...
reported that the teams would play each other at a horse and cattle show in Radford in late October. This game was not played.
Players
The following players were members of the 1901 football team according to the roster published in the 1902 and 1903 editions of ''The Bugle'', the Virginia Tech yearbook.
See also
* 1901 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1901 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1901. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship. Most said Virginia ranked best ...
References
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