1905 VPI football team

1905 VPI football
Southern champion
Conference	Independent
1905 record	9–1
Head coach	Sally Miles (1st year)
Captain	Thomas Walker Lewis
Home stadium	Gibboney Field
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	0
Kentucky U.			–					7	–	0	–	3
Stetson			–					4	–	0	–	1
Navy			–					10	–	1	–	1
VPI			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colorado			–					8	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Michigan Agricultural			–					10	–	2	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					9	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington and Lee			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Utah			–					6	–	2	–	0
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washburn			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					6	–	3	–	0
California			–					4	–	1	–	2
Kentucky State			–					6	–	3	–	1
USC			–					6	–	3	–	1
Maryland			–					6	–	4	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	2	–	2
Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina			–					4	–	3	–	1
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
TCU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Connecticut			–					2	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	5	–	0
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
William & Mary			–					2	–	4	–	1
Oklahoma A&M			–					1	–	3	–	2
Arkansas			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kendall			–					1	–	3	–	0
Baylor			–					1	–	6	–	0

VPI at Army

1 2 Total • VPI 9 6 15 Army 0 6 6 Date: October 14 Location: The Plain West Point, NY

Gallaudet at VPI

1 2 Total Gallaudet 0 0 0 • VPI 41 15 56 Date: October 22 Location: Blacksburg, VA

VPI at Virginia

1 2 Total • VPI 6 5 11 Virginia 0 0 0 Date: November 4 Location: Charlottesville, VA Game start: 3:00 p. m. Game attendance: 2,000 Referee: Gresham Poe

VPI at Navy

1 2 Total VPI 0 6 6 • Navy 6 6 12 Date: November 25 Location: Worden Field Annapolis, MD Referee: Gresham Poe

The 1905 VPI football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1905 college football season. Led by first year head coach Sally Miles, the team went 9–1 and claims a Southern championship. The team had the most wins in a Virginia Tech season for many years to come, and defeated rival Virginia for the first time. Tech outscored its opponents 305 to 24. Hunter Carpenter scored 82 of those points.

The team reported for practice on September 1. "Never in the history of the school have prospects for a winning team been so bright."

The season opened with an 86–0 defeat of Roanoke College.

In the second week of play, VPI beat Cumberland 12–0.

The upset of the week was VPI's 16–6 win over Army. Carpenter was the star of the game, and made a kick from placement.

VPI's starting lineup was: Webber (left end), Willson (left tackle), Diffendal (left guard), Stiles (center), Strickling (right guard), Hines (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Nutter (quarterback), Treadwell (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).

VPI "had no trouble" in beating Gallaudet 56–0. The starting lineup was Webber (left end), Varner (left tackle), Diffendal (left guard), Stiles (center), Stickling (right guard), Hynes (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Harris (quarterback), Nutter (left halfback), Carpenter (right halfback), Hollan (fullback).

VPI defeated North Carolina 35–6. Carpenter made "several sensational runs." During the second half VPI "scored almost at will."

Hunter Carpenter had returned to VPI in 1905 for a last shot at beating Virginia in his eighth year of college football. Going into the game, UVA was 8–0 against VPI by a cumulative score of 170–5. The Cavalier Daily ran a story outlining Carpenter's motives and move from VPI to UNC and back to VPI over the preceding eight years. Virginia accused Carpenter of being a professional player, as he had played college football already for nearly a decade. Carpenter signed an affidavit that he had not received payment to play against UVA and played against a backdrop of recrimination.

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