1909 VPI football team

1909 VPI football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1
Head coach
CaptainHoss Hodgson
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1908
1910 →
1909 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI + 4 0 0 6 1 0
Virginia + 3 0 0 7 1 0
George Washington 1 1 0 1 3 0
William & Mary 1 1 0 6 4 0
Georgetown 1 2 0 3 2 0
Richmond 1 4 0 3 5 2
Davidson 0 1 0 3 4 2
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1909 VPI football team represented the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1909 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Branch Bocock, the team went 6–1 and claims a Southern championship.[1][2] Tech outscored its opponents 148 to 27. The starting lineup averaged 172 pounds.[3] This is the first season the team was referred to in print as the "Gobblers", and it became the official nickname in 1912.[2][4]

  1. ^ e. g. "VPI Southern Champions". Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "University Archives in Special Collections and University Archives". Virginia Tech Special Collections University Libraries.
  3. ^ "Sidelines".
  4. ^ "What is a Hokie?". University Relations, Virginia Tech. 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.