# 1902 VPI football team

The 1902 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1902 college football season. The team was led by their head coach R. R. Brown and finished with a record of three wins, three losses, and one tie (3–2–1).

## Scoring

The scoring in 1902 was:
* Touchdown worth 5 points
* Field goal worth 5 points
* Conversion (kick) worth 1 point
* Safety worth 2 points

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| October 13 | 3:00 p.m. | vs. Washington and Lee | Fair GroundsLynchburg, VA | L 0–6 | |
| October 18 | | North Carolina A&M | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 11–6 | |
| October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. North Carolina | Athletic ParkRoanoke, VA | T 0–0 | 2,500–3,000 |
| November 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgetown | Gibboney FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 28–0 | |
| November 15 | 4:00 p.m. | at Virginia | Madison Hall FieldCharlottesville, VA (rivalry) | L 0–6 | 1,000 |
| November 27 | | vs. VMI | Lafayette FieldNorfolk, VA (rivalry) | W 50–5 | 6,000 |
| All times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1901 VPI football team compiled a 6–1 record and were led by A. B. Morrison Jr. in his only season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| • W&L | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Lewis (left tackle), Willson (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Counselman (right tackle), Glenn (right end), Campbell (quarterback), Syke (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Miles (fullback). The substitutes were: Ogburn, Palmer, Robins, and Walsh.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: A. McD. Smith (left end), Charles McNeill (left tackle), James Sterrett (left guard), Thomas Stone (center), Lonnie Howell (right guard), Americus Trundle (right tackle), George Ross (right end), M. B. Marshall (quarterback), Malcolm Campbell (left halfback), George Haw (right halfback), James Walker (fullback). The substitutes were: Edward Dawson, Frank Dotson, Hugh Harle, Garrett Judy, Argyle Smiley and Arthur Tabb.

### North Carolina A&M

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| NC A&M | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| • VPI | 5 | 6 | 11 |
After their loss to Washington and Lee, VPI played the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Gibboney Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Miler (left end), Blair (left tackle), McCulloch (left guard), Stiles (center), Wilson (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Robins (right end), Sykes (quarterback), Campbell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Ware.
The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Tucker (left end), Oliver Max Gardner (left tackle), Beebe (left guard), Fred Hadley (center), LeRoy Abernethy (right guard), V. L. Neal (right tackle), Joseph Gulley (right end), Walter Darden (quarterback), Ward Shannonhouse (left halfback), C. D. Welch (right halfback), Roberson (fullback).

### North Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| UNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Blair (left tackle), Wilson (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Ware (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Brent, Robins, Sykes, Tinsley and Walsh.
The starting lineup for North Carolina was: William Fisher (left end), Frank Foust (left tackle), J. Donnelly (left guard), Roach Stewart (center), Newton Farlow (right guard), George Jones (right tackle), Newman Townsend (right end), Louis Graves (quarterback), J. E. Mann (left halfback), William Jacocks (right halfback), Engle (fullback). The substitutes were: William Carr, Marshall Glenn, Earle Holt, Harry Jones, Sprunt Newton, Olcott and Wade Oldham.

### Georgetown

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 16 | 12 | 28 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Willson (left tackle), Garber (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Tinsley.
The starting lineup for Georgetown was: Preston Edmonston (left end), Murray Russell (left tackle), Alexander Rorke (left guard), Percy Given (center), Matt Mahoney (right guard), Joe Seitz (right tackle), Sam Edmonston (right end), Tommy Buckley (quarterback), Joe Reilly (left halfback), Hub Hart (right halfback), Tom Hardesty (fullback). The substitutes were: Ray Abbaticchio and Joe Devlin.

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • UVA | 6 | 0 | 6 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Miller (left end), Willson (left tackle), Garber (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Blair (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback). The substitutes were: Miles.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Edward Daniel (left end), Henry Johnson (left tackle), Augustus Houston (left guard), Nathan Bachman (center), William Spates (right guard), Walter Council (right tackle), Thomas Bronston (right end), John Beverly Pollard (quarterback), Karl Pritchard (left halfback), Marshall Hall (right halfback), Franklin Harris (fullback). The substitutes were: Wistar Heald and Harry Wall.

### VMI

The starting lineup for VPI was: Robins (left end), Willson (left tackle), Grayhill (left guard), Stiles (center), McCulloch (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Campbell (right end), Bear (quarterback), Byrd (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Counselman (fullback).
The starting lineup for VMI was: William Couper (left end), Stephen Pace (left tackle), Jefferson Sinclair (left guard), Sidney Lee (center), Lewis Leftwich (right guard), Ralph DeVoe (right tackle), Marshall Milton (right end), George Dewey (quarterback), John Paul (left halfback), Ralph Claggett (right halfback), Edward Johnson (fullback). The substitutes were: R. Johnson.

## Players

The following players were members of the 1902 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: R. R. Brown
* Manager: G. C. Chalkley
* Assistant manager: F. M. Yost