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1916 VPI Gobblers football team

1916 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 7–2 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach Jack E. Ingersoll (1st season)
Captain John Staub Caffee
Home stadium Miles Field
Seasons
← 1915
1917 →
1916 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
VPI $ 4 0 0     7 2 0
Georgetown 2 0 0     8 1 0
Washington and Lee 1 0 0     5 2 2
Virginia 3 1 0     4 5 0
George Washington 2 1 0     3 3 1
Catholic 2 1 0     4 4 0
Davidson 1 2 0     5 3 1
Richmond 1 3 1     5 2 2
VMI 1 5 0     4 5 0
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0     0 1 0
William & Mary 0 2 1     2 5 2
Johns Hopkins 0 2 0     0 2 0
North Carolina A&M 0 4 0     2 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1916 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1916 college football season. Led by Jack E. Ingersoll in his only year as head coach, the team went 7–2 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship.

The following players were members of the 1916 football team according to the roster published in the 1917 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


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