The 1923 VPI Gobblers football team represented

Virginia Polytechnic Institute Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...

in the

1923 college football season The 1923 college football season saw several teams finish their seasons unbeaten and untied. As such, numerous schools claim a national championship for the 1923 season. Illinois (coached by Bob Zuppke) and Michigan (coached by Fielding "Hurry-U ...

. The team was led by their head coach B. C. Cubbage and finished with a record of six wins and three losses (6–3).

Schedule

Game summaries

Hampden–Sydney

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.

Davidson

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.

3rd Army Corps

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.

Maryland

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.

Washington and Lee

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.

NC State

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.

Virginia

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.

VMI

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.

Players

The following players were members of the 1923 football team according to the roster published in the 1924 edition of ''The Bugle'', the Virginia Tech yearbook.

References

VPI Virginia Tech Hokies football seasons

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