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1918 VPI Gobblers football team

1918 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1918 record 7–0 (4–0 SAIAA)
Head coach Charles Bernier (2nd year)
Captain Hank Crisp
Harry Douglas Roden
William Lee Younger
Home stadium Miles Field
Seasons
« 1917 1919 »
1918 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
VPI $ 4 0 0     7 0 0
Maryland State 2 0 1     4 1 1
Davidson 2 0 0     2 1 1
Richmond 1 0 0     3 1 1
Johns Hopkins 0 0 1     0 0 1
NC State 0 1 0     1 3 0
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0     0 1 0
William & Mary 0 1 0     0 2 0
North Carolina 0 2 0     1 3 0
VMI 0 2 0     1 3 0
Washington and Lee 0 2 0     1 2 0
Georgetown 0 0 0     3 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1918 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1918 college football season. Led by second year head coach Charles Bernier, the team went 7–0 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship. The season was considered the best in VPI's history at the time. They did not win seven straight games again until 1967.

The following players were members of the 1918 football team according to the roster published in the 1919 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.


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