The 1899 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1899 college football season. The team was led by their head coach James Morrison and finished with a record of four wins and one loss (4–1).
Schedule
Game summaries St. Albans VPI's first game of the season was a victory over St. Albans Lutheran Boys School at Sheib Field.
Tennessee
After their victory over St. Albans, VPI played the University of Tennessee at Baldwin Park in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Cancelled Second game against St. Albans A second game against St. Albans Lutheran Boys School was scheduled to be played on November 4, 1899 in Radford, Virginia, but it was cancelled due to "an injury to a St. Albans man."
Virginia
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), Bell (quarterback), Huffard (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback). The substitutes were: Bean.
The starting lineup for Virginia was: Robert Taylor (left end), John Loyd (left tackle), Malcolm Griffin (left guard), Paul Norfleet (center), Charles Haskel (right guard), George Henderson (right tackle), H. T. Summersgill (right end), David Lyman (quarterback), Harry Gerstle (left halfback), Albert Mallory (right halfback), Robert Coleman (fullback). The substitutes were: Julian Byrd, Burnley Lankford, Charles McGill, Brodie Nalle and Stuart.
Roanoke
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).
The starting lineup for Roanoke was: Heckel (left end), McClintie (left tackle), R. C. Patterson (left guard), Buck (center), J. W. Moss (right guard), Lemon (right tackle), C. Bear (right end), Spencer (quarterback), J. W. Hall (left halfback), Wilson (right halfback), J. A. Bear (fullback).
Washington and Lee
The starting lineup for VPI was: Jewell (left end), McCormick (left tackle), Carper (left guard), Montgomery (center), Choice (right guard), Cox (right tackle), Lewis (right end), DeCamps (quarterback), Bell (left halfback), Hardaway (right halfback), Carpenter (fullback).
The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: T. Bledsoe (left end), McNeill (left tackle), Holmes (left guard), Allen (center), Harrison (right guard), Moore (right tackle), McPheters (right end), E. Bledsoe (quarterback), Jenkins (left halfback), Guion (right halfback), Booker (fullback). The substitutes were: Sloan.
Players The following players were members of the 1899 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook. VPI 1899 rosterQuarterback Kit DeCamps Guards Robert William Carper William Choice Tackles W. F. Cox (Capt.) Hub McCormick Center R. W. MontgomeryEnds Lindsay Louin Jewell Harold Benjamin Lewis Halfbacks William Frazier Bell Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard Fullback Hunter CarpenterSubstitutes John Newton Ashton Wyndham Randolph Bean William Leonard Blair Samuel Guy Bralley McCulloch William Stuart Moffett Joseph Clyde Steele Albert Y. Wootten
Coaching and training staff Head coach: James Morrison Manager: George W. Hutchinson
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