# 1904 VPI football team

The 1904 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1904 college football season. The team was led by their head coach John C. O'Connor and finished with a record of five wins and three losses (5–3).

## Scoring

The scoring in 1904 was:
* Touchdown worth 5 points
* Field goal worth 4 points
* Conversion (kick) worth 1 point
* Safety worth 2 points

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 1 | | Richmond | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 18–0 | |
| October 8 | | Washington and Lee | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 24–0 | |
| October 12 | | Nashville | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 32–0 | |
| October 22 | | William & Mary | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 30–0 | |
| October 29 | | North Carolina | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | L 0–6 | |
| November 5 | | vs. Virginia | Broad Street ParkRichmond, VA (rivalry) | L 0–5 | 3,000 |
| November 19 | | at Navy | Worden FieldAnnapolis, MD | L 0–11 | |
| November 24 | 3:20 p.m. | vs. VMI | Roanoke, VA (rivalry) | W 17–5 | 3,000 |
| All times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1903 VPI football team compiled a 5–1 record and were led by Charles Augustus Lueder in his only season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Richmond

VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Richmond at Gibboney Field.

### Washington and Lee

After their victory over Richmond, VPI played Washington and Lee University at Gibboney Field.

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| • UVA | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), McCulloch (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hynes (right tackle), Lewis (right end), E. Harris (quarterback), G. Harris (left halfback), Conner (right halfback), Nutter (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: W. Rice Warren (left end), Merritt Cooke Jr. (left tackle), George Kite (left guard), John Beckett (center), Terrence Murphy (right guard), Cothran (right tackle), Gray (right end), Oscar Randolph (quarterback), Edward Johnson (left halfback), John Purcell (right halfback), John Paul (fullback). The substitutes were: Springer.

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Navy | 6 | 5 | 11 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Shuey (left end), Willson (left tackle), McCulloch (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hynes (right tackle), Lewis (right end), E. Harris (quarterback), G. Harris (left halfback), Conner (right halfback), Nutter (fullback). The substitutes were: Robins.
The starting lineup for Navy was: Bill Dague (left end), Louis Farley (left tackle), Nelson Goss (left guard), William McClintic (center), William Piersol (right guard), Ronan Grady (right tackle), Ken Whiting (right end), Homer Norton (quarterback), Herbert Spencer (left halfback), Stephen Doherty (right halfback), R. F. Smith (fullback). The substitutes were: Richard Bernard, Jonathan Dowell, Stephen McKinney, Joseph O'Brien, Leo Welch and John Wilcox.

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| VMI | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| • VPI | 6 | 11 | 17 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), McCulloch (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hynes (right tackle), Lewis (right end), E. Harris (quarterback), G. Harris (left halfback), Conner (right halfback), Nutter (fullback). The substitutes were: Cox, Harland, Lewis and Treadwell.
The starting lineup for VMI was: Rufus Morison (left end), David Etheridge (left tackle), Donald Fraser (left guard), William Riley (center), Alphonse Stude (right guard), Homer Pace (right tackle), Frank Steele (right end), Taliaferro (quarterback), Robert Massie (left halfback), William Beckner (right halfback), Russell James (fullback). The substitutes were: Mahlon Caffee and Richard Dodson.

## Players

The following players were members of the 1904 football team according to the roster published in the 1905 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: John C. O'Connor
* Manager: T. H. Lewis
* Assistant managers
** H. H. Gary
** C. L. Lyon
* "Second varsity" head coach: Sally Miles
* "Second varsity" manager: J. de la Coya