1898 VPI football team

1898 VPI football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2
Head coach	J. Lewis Ingles (1st season)
Home stadium	Sheib Field

1898 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina			–					9	–	0	–	0
Central (KY)			–					3	–	0	–	1
Oklahoma			–					2	–	0	–	0
Navy			–					7	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	1	–	0
Marshall			–					4	–	1	–	0
Georgetown			–					7	–	3	–	0
Texas A&M			–					4	–	2	–	0
VMI			–					4	–	2	–	0
Arkansas Industrial			–					2	–	1	–	0
Centre			–					2	–	1	–	2
VPI			–					3	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					6	–	5	–	0
Richmond			–					3	–	3	–	1
Davidson			–					1	–	1	–	0
William & Mary			–					1	–	1	–	0
South Carolina			–					1	–	2	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	2
Columbian			–					3	–	6	–	0
North Carolina A&M			–					1	–	2	–	0
Add-Ran			–					1	–	3	–	1
Maryland			–					2	–	6	–	1
Guilford			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1898 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1898 college football season. The team was led by their head coach J. Lewis Ingles and finished with a record of three wins and two losses (3–2).

Scoring

The scoring in 1898 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	Source
November 4	11:00 a.m.	vs. North Carolina	South Side Park Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–28
November 5	2:30 p.m.	at Guilford*	Greensboro, NC	W 17–0
November 7		vs. University of Maryland, Baltimore*	Rivermont Grounds Lynchburg, VA	L 0–23
November 11		King*	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 58–0
November 12		Bellevue School*	Sheib Field Blacksburg, VA	W 34–0
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

North Carolina

North Carolina vs. VPI

1 2 Total • UNC 11 17 28 VPI 6 0 6 Date: November 4, 1898 Location: South Side Park Winston-Salem, NC Game start: 11:00 a.m. Referee: S. B. Alexander

See also: 1898 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Hubbard (left end), Thomas (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Cox (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Jewell (right end), Bell (quarterback), Rorebeck (left halfback), Ingles (right halfback), Painter (fullback).

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Edwin Gregory (left end), S. E. Shull (left tackle), Cromartie (left guard), H. B. Cunningham (center), Isaac Phifer (right guard), Frank Bennett (right tackle), Herman Koehler (right end), Frank O. Rogers (quarterback), Jim MacRae (left halfback), Cartland (right halfback), Louis Graves (fullback). The substitutes were: E. V. Howell, Warren Kluttz and Miller.

Guilford

VPI at Guilford

1 2 Total • VPI 17 0 17 Guilford 0 0 0 Date: November 5, 1898 Location: Greensboro, NC Game start: 2:30 p.m. Referee: Cowan

See also: 1898 Guilford Quakers football team

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Thomas (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Cox (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Hubbard (right end), Bell (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Painter (fullback). The substitutes were: Huffard, McCrackin, McGavock and Roseback.

The starting lineup for Guilford was: Lewis (left end), Fox (left tackle), Foust (left guard), Bennett (center), Farlow (right guard), Wilson (right tackle), Hill (right end), Cowles (quarterback), Groome (left halfback), Moir (right halfback), Daniels (fullback).

Maryland, Baltimore

Maryland, Baltimore vs. VPI

1 2 Total • MB 17 6 23 VPI 0 0 0 Date: November 7, 1898 Location: Rivermont Grounds Lynchburg, VA Referee: Patrick

The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), Cox (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Stull (center), Thomas (right guard), Wood (right tackle), Hubbard (right end), Bell (quarterback), Ingles (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Painter (fullback). The substitutes were: Huffard, McCracken, McGavock and Rorebeck.

The starting lineup for Maryland, Baltimore was: Walker (left end), Nelson (left tackle), Dew (left guard), Gilbert (center), Cathell (right guard), Lewis (right tackle), Williams (right end), Green (quarterback), Lynch (left halfback), Frosher (right halfback), Whitaker (fullback). The substitutes were: Barrow, Emrick, Paget, Reese and Sellman.

Players

The following players were members of the 1898 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1898 roster
	Quarterback William Frazier Bell Guards Robert William Carper W. F. Cox Tackles Sidney Johnson Thomas Charles Morton Wood Center John Walter Stull		Ends Archibald Blair Hubbard Lindsay Louin Jewell Halfbacks Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard J. Lewis Ingles Curtis Grant Rorebeck Fullback Charles Whitfield Painter		Substitutes McCracken J. McGavock

Coaching and training staff

• Head coach: J. Lewis Ingles
• Manager: G. W. Hutchinson