# 1911 VPI football team

The 1911 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1911 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Lew Riess and finished with a record of six wins, one loss, and two ties (6–1–2).

## Rules

The rules for American football in 1911 included:
* Field 110 yards in length
* Kickoff made from midfield
* Three downs to gain ten yards
* Touchdown worth 5 points
* Field goal worth 3 points
* Forward pass legal, but subject to penalties:
A pass could not be caught beyond the goal line, nor more than 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 30 | | Hampden–Sydney | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 16–0 | |
| October 6 | 3:15 p.m. | vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore | Lafayette FieldNorfolk, VA | W 12–0 | |
| October 14 | 3:00 p.m. | at Yale | Yale FieldNew Haven, CT | L 0–33 | |
| October 21 | | Roanoke | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 93–0 | |
| October 28 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Washington and Lee | Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA | T 5–5 | 3,000 |
| November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. North Carolina | Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA | T 0–0 | 2,000 |
| November 11 | | Tennessee | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 36–11 | |
| November 18 | | Morris Harvey | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 10–3 | |
| November 30 | | vs. North Carolina A&M | Lafayette FieldNorfolk, VA | W 3–0 | 6,000 |
| All times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1910 VPI football team compiled a 6–2 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his second season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Hampden–Sydney

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| HS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 5 | 11 | 16 |
VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Hampden–Sydney at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Rogers (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), W. Legge (right halfback), Roberts (fullback).
The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: W. W. Arbuckle (left end), Thomas Atkinson (left tackle), Charles Walker (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), Robert Guthrie (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), F. W. Payne (right end), Kirkland Saunders (quarterback), George Jones (left halfback), Charles Lewis (right halfback), Howard Blanton (fullback).

### Maryland, Baltimore

After their victory over Hampden–Sydney, VPI played the University of Maryland, Baltimore at Lafayette Field in Norfolk, Virginia.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Rogers (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, F. Legge, W. Legge and Wyatt.
The starting lineup for University of Maryland, Baltimore was: C. Collinson (left end), Merrill (left tackle), Johnson (left guard), Oehrl (center), Chaifey (right guard), J. Collinson (right tackle), Stevens (right end), Butler (quarterback), Ruhl (left halfback), Melville (right halfback), Brown (fullback). The substitutes were: Nelson, Raimey and W. Ruhl.

### Yale

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Evans (left guard), Gibbs (center), Pick (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Roberts (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes, W. Legge, Rogers, Vaughan and Wyatt.
The starting lineup for Yale was: Benjamin Avery (left end), James Scully (left tackle), Pomeroy Francis (left guard), Hank Ketcham (center), Elmer McDevitt (right guard), Henry Perry (right tackle), William Howe (right end), Art Howe (quarterback), James Reilly (left halfback), Jesse Spalding (right halfback), Anderson (fullback). The substitutes were: Walter C. Camp, Clarence Childs, Church, Davis, Foss, Edgar Freeman, Robert Loree, Henry Marting, Henry Merritt, Parker and William Warren.

### Cancelled Game with Western Maryland

VPI was scheduled to play Western Maryland College on October 21, but Western Maryland cancelled and VPI played Roanoke.

### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| W&L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| VPI | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Schultz (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Wyatt.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Kelly Francis (left end), James Miller (left tackle), H. Southerland (left guard), Carl Moore (center), Paul Rogers (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), Hurd (right end), John Slater (quarterback), Ralph Malcolm (left halfback), David Bone (right halfback), Edmond Burk (fullback). The substitutes were: Raymond Beuhring, William Brown, C. T. Lile, W. C. Raftery, Mark Stewart, H. F. Tindal, Roland Waddill and F. B. Webster.

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Vaughan (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: Hughes.
The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Blake Applewhite (left end), Walter Small (left tackle), Archibald Deans (left guard), Marvin Ritch (center), James Orr (right guard), Lonnie Abernethy (right tackle), Robert Strange (right end), William Tillett (quarterback), Seigler (left halfback), Bob Winston (right halfback), William Coffin (fullback). The substitutes were: Joseph Chambers and Nicholson.

### Tennessee

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), W. Legge (fullback).
The starting lineup for Tennessee was: Alonzo Carroll (left end), Sam Hayley (left tackle), R. V. Kerr (left guard), Joseph Gause (center), Roy McGuire (right guard), Farmer Kelly (right tackle), M. McGuire (right end), Rufus Branch (quarterback), Rus Lindsay (left halfback), C. H. Fonde (right halfback), Frank Tompkins (fullback).

### Morris Harvey

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| MH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • VPI | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Moore (left tackle), Wyatt (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Rogers (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Vawter (right halfback), Gardner (fullback).
The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Fulton (left end), Beck (left tackle), Dyke (left guard), Adamson (center), Taylor (right guard), Huyler (right tackle), Frith (right end), Shelton (quarterback), Hager (left halfback), Raymond Ayres (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

### North Carolina A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NC A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Evans (right guard), Schultz (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), Macon (fullback). The substitutes were: W. Legge and Rogers.
The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: A. J. Phillips (left end), W. T. Hurtt (left tackle), S. B. Sykes (left guard), C. D. McIver (center), J. L. Dunn (right guard), D. B. Floyd (right tackle), David Seifert (right end), Tal Stafford (quarterback), D. A. Robertson (left halfback), H. M. Cool (right halfback), Nathan Hargrove (fullback).

## Players

The following players were members of the 1911 football team according to the roster published in the 1912 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: Lew Riess
* Manager: G. G. Garrison