1918 VPI Gobblers football team

1918 VPI Gobblers football
SAIAA champion
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–0 (3–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
CaptainHank Crisp
Harry Douglas Roden
William L. Younger
Home stadiumMiles Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI $ 3 0 0 7 0 0
Davidson 2 0 0 2 1 1
Richmond 1 0 0 3 1 1
Maryland State 2 0 1 4 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
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 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, [a] now known as Virginia Tech, in the 1918 college football season. The 1918 team went 7–0 and claims a South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) championship. [1] It is the only team in school history that finished the season with a perfect record.[2][b]

Led by second-year head coach Charles Bernier, the team allowed only two touchdowns during its seven games. VPI's star player was Henry Crisp, a man without a right hand, who was ineligible for military service in World War I. He was voted MVP of the South Atlantic conference.


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  1. ^ Conference Champions of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association Archived 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine,College Football Data Warehouse
  2. ^ "Virginia Tech Hokies School History". Sports Reference CB. Retrieved March 22, 2019.