# 1925 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1925 VPI Gobblers football team was an American football team that represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its fifth season under head coach B. C. Cubbage, VPI compiled a 5–3–2 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in tenth place in the Southern Conference, and was outscored by a total of 52 to 39. The team played its home games at Miles Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 19 | | Lynchburg* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 10–0 | |
| September 26 | | Roanoke* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | T 0–0 | 4,500 |
| October 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Hampden–Sydney* | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | W 13–3 | |
| October 10 | 2:30 p.m. | at Auburn | Drake FieldAuburn, AL | L 0–19 | 5,000 |
| October 17 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Maryland | Griffith StadiumWashington, DC | W 3–0 | |
| October 24 | | vs. Washington and Lee | Lynchburg, VA | L 0–20 | |
| October 31 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. South Carolina | Mayo Island ParkRichmond, VA | W 6–0 | |
| November 7 | | NC State | Miles FieldBlacksburg, VA | T 0–0 | |
| November 14 | | at Virginia | Lambeth FieldCharlottesville, VA (rivalry) | L 0–10 | |
| November 26 | | vs. VMI | Maher FieldRoanoke, VA (rivalry) | W 7–0 | 14,000 |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Before the season

The 1924 VPI Gobblers football team compiled a 4–2–3 record and were led by B. C. Cubbage in his fourth season as head coach.

## Game summaries
### Lynchburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lynchburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Lynchburg at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Adams, Anderson, Bird, Bond, Downing, Faulkner, Hargis, Jeffries, Lineberry, Von Erickson, Williams and Wray.
The starting lineup for Lynchburg was: Perry (left end), Robert Givens (left tackle), Frank Suttenfield (left guard), Ralph Shank (center), Allen (right guard), George West (right tackle), Grant (right end), James Barbee (quarterback), Harrison McMains (left halfback), Walter Thomas (right halfback), Max Leitman (fullback). The substitutes were: Carroll, Ross and Rowley.

### Roanoke

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roanoke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After their victory over Lynchburg, VPI played Roanoke College at Miles Field.
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Faulkner (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson.
The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Lloyd Seay (left end), Tony Giesen (left tackle), C. C. Marsh (left guard), F. L. Logan (center), Maurice Givens (right guard), S. F. Davies (right tackle), P. Rutherford (right end), John Dietrich (quarterback), C. F. Bissenger (left halfback), John Miller (right halfback), A. D. Hurt (fullback). The substitutes were: D. S. Ellicock, Raymond Haislip and Charles Wilson.

### Hampden–Sydney

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| HS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • VPI | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Ray (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Anderson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), Robinson (right halfback), Faulkner (fullback). The substitutes were: Bird, Bond, DeLaBarre, Gaines, Hargis, Jeffries, Moss, Williams and Wray.
The starting lineup for Hampden–Sydney was: Charles Turley (left end), Stuart Worden (left tackle), Robert Nance (left guard), Alfred Dudley (center), Edwin Stover (right guard), Harry Myles (right tackle), Richard Roberts (right end), John Brinser (quarterback), Ward Palmer (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Alvin Lyons (fullback). The substitutes were: Alexander, Alfred Adkins, Ayres, Gordon Clarke, Hudson, David Reveley, William Richardson and Zimmerman.

### Auburn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Auburn | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
The starting lineup for Auburn was: Ollinger (left end), Pruett (left tackle), Long (left guard), Robinson (center), McFadden (right guard), Harkins (right tackle), Spinks (right end), Williams (quarterback), Tuxworth (left halfback), P. Green (right halfback), Salter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bogue, Crane, Finch, Johnson, Market and Patterson.

### Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jeffries (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Moss (left halfback), Esleeck (right halfback), DeLaBarre (fullback). The substitutes were: Bond, Faulkner and Wray.
The starting lineup for Maryland was: Bill Supplee (left end), Walter Bromley (left tackle), Arthur Bonnet (left guard), Harold Bafford (center), John R. Lanigan (right guard), John Waters (right tackle), William Beatty (right end), Edward Tenney (quarterback), David Whelchel (left halfback), Lewis "Knocky" Thomas (right halfback), Fred Linkous (fullback). The substitutes were: Donald Adams, Kirkland Besley, Brown, Cardwell, Granger, Pugh, Edwin Rothgeb, Schaffer, Myron Stevens, Walter Troxell and Earl Zulick.

### Washington and Lee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • W&L | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jeffries (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bond, Petty and Von Erickson.
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: R. I. Daves (left end), Warren E. Tilson (left tackle), Leslie Stemmons (left guard), Archie Hawkins (center), Charlie Van Horn (right guard), Robert Holt (right tackle), James Kay Thomas (right end), Burnell Tips (quarterback), Henry Wilson (left halfback), William Palmer (right halfback), Ty Rauber (fullback). The substitutes were: Francis Barclay, Merrell Budnick and John McVay.

### South Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Miles (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Moran (center), Handy (right guard), Greene (right tackle), Petty (right end), Robertson (quarterback), Esleeck (left halfback), DeLaBarre (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: Faulkner.
The starting lineup for South Carolina was: Samuel Burke (left end), J. C. Long (left tackle), Henry Bartelle (left guard), William Boyd (center), James Pruitt (right guard), Floyd Thomas (right tackle), William Swink (right end), William Jeffords (quarterback), W. H. Boatwright (left halfback), W. W. "Red" Swink (right halfback), Alexander Jaskewicz (fullback). The substitutes were: Bill Rogers and Robert Wimberley.

### NC State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NC State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jones (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), DeLaBarre (left halfback), Moss (right halfback), Faulkner (fullback). The substitutes were: Anderson, Bond, Esleeck, Jeffries, Petty and Williams.
The starting lineup for NC State was: William Beatty (left end), J. Kilgore (left tackle), William White (left guard), Fred Logan (center), Newlin Nicholson (right guard), B. R. Bynum (right tackle), Charles Austell (right end), Alfred Johnston (quarterback), G. E. Hunsucker (left halfback), Jack McDowall (right halfback), Walter Shuford (fullback). The substitutes were: William Donnell, Faulkner, Charles Lambe and Arthur Thomas.

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| VPI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • UVA | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Handy (left guard), Moran (center), Jones (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Robertson (quarterback), DeLaBarre (left halfback), Faulkner (right halfback), Esleeck (fullback).
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Arnold (left end), Mul Holland (left tackle), A. Cockrill (left guard), Theodore Phillips (center), Charles Mackall (right guard), Bickerton Cardwell (right tackle), William Branble (right end), A. Carter Diffey (quarterback), John Hushion (left halfback), Edmond Laird (right halfback), Quintis Hutter (fullback). The substitutes were: W. H. Ahner and John Loth.

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| VMI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • VPI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
The starting lineup for VPI was: Holly (left end), Greene (left tackle), Jones (left guard), Moran (center), Handy (right guard), Miles (right tackle), Brigham (right end), Anderson (quarterback), Bond (left halfback), Faulkner (right halfback), Moss (fullback). The substitutes were: DeLaBarre, Esleeck, Jeffries, Petty, Robertson and Williams.
The starting lineup for VMI was: John Fain (left end), Herman Kulp (left tackle), Karlyle O'Berry (left guard), Joseph Mondy (center), J. C. Smith (right guard), Claude Moorman (right tackle), Newton Barkley (right end), Paul Caldwell (quarterback), Oliver Gfroerer (left halfback), Archie Deitrich (right halfback), Windy White (fullback). The substitutes were: Karl Harmeling, Kelly, John Willis and Edward Yates.

## After the season

In December 1925, the VPI players elected Joseph Henry Moran as captain of the 1926 VPI Gobblers football team, the first time a VPI player has been chosen as captain in successive years.

## Coaching and training staff

* Head coach: B. C. Cubbage
* Assistant coaches
** Backfield coach: Charley Way
* Manager: J. P. King
* Freshman head coach: Henry Redd
* Freshman Manager: W. P. Wilkins