# 1899 VPI football team

The 1899 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1899 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Morrison and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1).

## Scoring

The scoring in 1899 was:
* Touchdown worth 5 points
* Field goal worth 5 points
* Conversion (kick) worth 1 point
* Safety worth 2 points

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 7 | St. Albans Lutheran Boys School | Sheib FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 21–0 | |
| October 21 | at Tennessee | Baldwin ParkKnoxville, TN | W 5–0 | 200 |
| November 11 | at Virginia | Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA (rivalry) | L 0–28 | |
| November 18 | vs. Roanoke | Athletic ParkRoanoke, VA | W 45–0 | |
| November 30 | vs. Washington and Lee | Roanoke, VA | W 35–0 | 2,500 |

## Game summaries
### St. Albans

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Sheib Field.

### Tennessee

After their victory over St. Albans, VPI played the University of Tennessee at Baldwin Park in Knoxville, Tennessee.

### Cancelled Second game against St. Albans

A second game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on November 4, 1899 in Radford, Virginia, but it was cancelled due to "an injury to a St. Albans man."

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • UVA | 12 | 16 | 28 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bean.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Robert Taylor (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Malcolm Griffin (left guard), Paul Norfleet (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), George Henderson (right tackle), H. T. Summersgill (right end), David Lyman (quarterback), Harry Gerstle (left halfback), Albert Mallory (right halfback), Robert Coleman (fullback). The substitutes were: Julian Byrd, Burnley Lankford, Charles McGill, Brodie Nalle and Stuart.

### Roanoke

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Roanoke | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 27 | 18 | 45 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).
The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Heckel (left end), McClintie (left tackle), Patterson (left guard), Buck (center), Moss (right guard), Lemon (right tackle), C. Bear (right end), Spencer (quarterback), Hall (left halfback), Wilson (right halfback), J. Bear (fullback).

### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| W&L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 28 | 7 | 35 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: T. Bledsoe (left end), McNeill (left tackle), Holmes (left guard), Allen (center), Harrison (right guard), Moore (right tackle), McPheters (right end), E. Bledsoe (quarterback), Jenkins (left halfback), Guion (right halfback), Booker (fullback). The substitutes were: Sloan.

## Players

The following players were members of the 1899 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: James Morrison
* Manager: G. W. Hutchinson