# 1913 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1913 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1913 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 27 | | Roanoke* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 26–0 | |
| October 4 | | Hampden–Sydney* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 14–0 | |
| October 11 | | Ole Miss* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 35–14 | |
| October 18 | | VPI Stars* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 12–2 | |
| October 25 | | vs. North Carolina | Prince Albert ParkWinston-Salem, NC | W 14–7 | |
| November 1 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Washington and Lee | Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA | L 0–21 | 6,000-7,000 |
| November 8 | | Marshall* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 47–0 | |
| November 15 | | Morris Harvey* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 14–0 | |
| November 27 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. VMI* | Fair GroundsRoanoke, VA (rivalry) | T 6–6 | |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1912 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 5–4 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his third season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Roanoke

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Roanoke at Miles Field.

### Hampden–Sydney

After their victory over Roanoke, VPI played Hampden–Sydney College at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Bright, Effinger, Moore, Peake and Rowe.
The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: J. A. Gregory (left end), C. M. Walker (left tackle), Robert Guthrie (left guard), Marvin Bowling (center), S. B. Forbus (right guard), Loyal Benedict (right tackle), Frank Ebel (right end), Alexander Carrington (quarterback), W. L. Thurmond (left halfback), E. B. Pendleton (right halfback), H. S. Campbell (fullback).

### Old Miss

The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for Old Miss was: Frank Smythe (left end), Ralph Mills (left tackle), Jerome James (left guard), McCall (center), Clinton Dorroh (right guard), Smith Bishop (right tackle), Williams (right end), Joseph Evans (quarterback), Walter Dear (left halfback), Jesse Breland (right halfback), Charles Bender (fullback).

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • VPI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Rives (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Davis (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Joyner (left end), Ramsey (left tackle), Cowell (left guard), Yank Tandy (center), Foust (right guard), Abernathy (right tackle), Roy Homewood (right end), Allen (quarterback), Dave Tayloe (left halfback), Fuller (right halfback), Ervin (fullback). The substitutes were: Cary Boshamer, Burnette, William Huske, Oates and Reid.

### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • W&L | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Whitehead (left guard), Clemmer (center), Graves (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Taylor (right end), Peake (quarterback), Parrish (left halfback), Legge (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Davis, Dixon, Effinger, Harris, MacRuth, Montague and Rives.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Henry Barker (left end), Ted Shultz (left tackle), James Miller (left guard), M. S. Barrow (center), W. H. Neblett (right guard), Buck Miles (right tackle), J. P. Hieatt (right end), Edward Donahue (quarterback), Harry "Cy" Young (left halfback), Charles Lile (right halfback), Raymond Beuhring (fullback). The substitutes were: F. M. Dingwall, Victor Friend, Kirkpatrick, Joseph Milner, Frank Nolley, W. K. Seeley, William Smith and Walter Terry.

### Morris Harvey

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| MH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Moore (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Clemmer (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Cottrell (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Davis (right halfback), Sanders (fullback).
The starting lineup for Morris Harvey was: Osborne (left end), Calvert (left tackle), Watt Stewart (left guard), C. Coon (center), Poe Coffman (right guard), Taylor (right tackle), Bolden (right end), Elbert Fulton (quarterback), F. B. Legge (left halfback), Turner (right halfback), Snodgrass (fullback).

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| VMI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Taylor (left end), Pick (left tackle), Graves (left guard), Effinger (center), Whitehead (right guard), Caffee (right tackle), Moore (right end), Dixon (quarterback), Legge (left halfback), Engleby (right halfback), Sanders (fullback). The substitutes were: Clemmer, Cottrell, Davis, McRuth, Parrish, Peake and Rives.
The starting lineup for VMI was: S. L. Lowry (left end), Rice Youell (left tackle), Vernon Somers (left guard), Oscar Beasley (center), Claude Cammer (right guard), Blandy Clarkson (right tackle), James Richards (right end), W. B. Lowry (quarterback), Harold Hutchinson (left halfback), James Bain (right halfback), Laurence Oakes (fullback). The substitutes were: Withers Burress.

## Players

The following players were members of the 1913 football team according to the roster published in the 1914 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: Branch Bocock
* Manager: F. R. Scott