The 1910 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1910 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Branch Bocock and finished with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2).

Schedule

Before the season The 1909 VPI football team compiled a 6–1 record and were led by Branch Bocock in his first season as head coach.

Game summaries Hampden–Sydney VPI's first game of the season was a victory over Hampden–Sydney at Miles Field.

Davidson

After their victory over Hampden–Sydney, VPI played Davidson College at Miles Field.

The starting lineup for VPI was: A. Hodgson (left end), Rogers (left tackle), W. Legge (left guard), Gibbs (center), Pick (right guard), Jones (right tackle), H. B. Hughes (right end), J. Hughes (quarterback), Bernier (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Davidson was: DeWitt Kluttz (left end), John Phipps (left tackle), William Thompson (left guard), David McQueen (center), William Wolfe (right guard), J. C. Cashion (right tackle), Lunsford Richardson (right end), James Pharr (quarterback), Graham (left halfback), Samuel Erwin (right halfback), Everett Booe (fullback).

Western Maryland The starting lineup for VPI was: McKan (left end), Rogers (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Ware (right guard), W. Legge (right tackle), Lefebre (right end), Bernier (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback).

The starting lineup for Western Maryland was: Sprague (left end), W. H. Husung (left tackle), Leary (left guard), Wright (center), White (right guard), John Graefe (right tackle), Earnest Dukes (right end), Stultz (quarterback), A. M. Birdsall (left halfback), Dooley (right halfback), Twigg (fullback).

Navy

The starting lineup for VPI was: A. Hodgson (left end), Jones (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Breckenridge (right guard), W. Legge (right tackle), Welch (right end), Bernier (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Harris, Hughes and Rogers.

The starting lineup for Navy was: Calvin Cobb (left end), Thomas King (left tackle), John H. Brown Jr. (left guard), Phillip Weems (center), Carroll Wright (right guard), Davis (right tackle), K. P. Gilchrist (right end), Ingram C. Sowell (quarterback), John Dalton (left halfback), Henry Clay (right halfback), Pete Rodes (fullback). The substitutes were: Lee Carey, Edwin, Robert Elmer, Donald Hamilton, Frank Loftin, Clarence McReavy, Myers, Shaw and Ray Wakeman.

Washington and Lee

The starting lineup for VPI was: A. Hodgson (left end), Jones (left tackle), Wyatt (left guard), Gibbs (center), Breckenridge (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), W. Legge (right end), J. Hughes (quarterback), Harris (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Bernier, Derby, McKan, Pick and Vaughan.

The starting lineup for Washington and Lee was: Lawrence Humphrey (left end), James Miller (left tackle), Paul Rogers (left guard), Leckey Kinnear (center), Daniel Clovis Moomaw (right guard), J. P. Hobson (right tackle), E. F. Burk (right end), T. C. McCallie (quarterback), Joseph Blackburn (left halfback), Roland Waddill (right halfback), I. R. Simms (fullback). The substitutes were: H. N. Barker, John Chatfield, E. P. Davis, Hamilton Derr, J. D. Harman, L. O'Quin and J. G. Wilson.

North Carolina

The starting lineup for VPI was: A. Hodgson (left end), Jones (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Breckenridge (right guard), Burruss (right tackle), W. Legge (right end), J. Hughes (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Gravely and Rogers.

The starting lineup for North Carolina was: Bob Winston (left end), Cecil Garrett (left tackle), Earl Thompson (left guard), Levi Brown (center), Carl Parker (right guard), Lonnie Abernethy (right tackle), John Venable (right end), William Belk (quarterback), Colin Ruffin (left halfback), James Calmes (right halfback), Andrew Porter (fullback). The substitutes were: Joseph Chambers and William Young.

George Washington

The starting lineup for VPI was: W. Legge (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Breckenridge (left guard), Gibbs (center), Pick (right guard), Jones (right tackle), A. Hodgson (right end), J. Hughes (quarterback), Derby (left halfback), F. Legge (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Gravely, Harris, Holt, Lefebre, Rogers and Vaughan.

The starting lineup for George Washington was: Langley (left end), Hart (left tackle), Herndon (left guard), Theodore Eickhoff (center), Richardson (right guard), F. Smith (right tackle), Matthew Farmer (right end), Cuthbert Farmer (quarterback), Willey (left halfback), H. Ellis (right halfback), Moore (fullback). The substitutes were: Robert Fowler, H. S. Hamlin, Valaer, Herbert White.

North Carolina A&M

The starting lineup for VPI was: A. Hodgson (left end), Burruss (left tackle), Pick (left guard), Gibbs (center), Breckenridge (right guard), Jones (right tackle), W. Legge (right end), J. Hughes (quarterback), F. Legge (left halfback), Derby (right halfback), V. Hodgson (fullback). The substitutes were: Bernier, Harris, Holt and Rogers.

The starting lineup for North Carolina A&M was: Harry Hartsell (left end), W. T. Hurtt (left tackle), E. H. Gattis (left guard), John Bray (center), D. B. Floyd (right guard), G. C. Glenn (right tackle), David Seifert (right end), Tal Stafford (quarterback), H. M. Cool (left halfback), D. A. Robertson (right halfback), W. H. Von Eberstein (fullback). The substitutes were: James Sherman.

After the season In December 1910, the VPI players elected Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs as captain of the 1911 VPI football team.

Players Roster VPI 1910 rosterQuarterback John Hughes Guards John Breckenridge Lewis A. Pick Tackles William Henry Burruss Jones Center Aubrey GibbsEnds Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson Withrow Reynolds Legge Halfbacks Claude Palmer Derby Frederick Hughes Legge Fullback Vivian Burnett Hodgson (Capt.)Substitutes Charles A. Bernier William Seymour Gravely Hargrove Harris Holt Houston Boyd Hughes Charles Woolfolk Coleman Mackan Gordon Lefebre James Rogers Harry Vaughan Ware Stanley William Welch Fred Tate Wyatt

Monogram Club members Sixteen players received monograms for their participation on the 1910 VPI team.

Player Hometown Notes Charles A. Bernier Laconia, New Hampshire Head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1912 to 1916 and again from 1923 to 1938 and at VPI from 1917 to 1919, compiling a career college football record of 87–106–18. John Breckenridge William Henry Burruss Lynch Station, Virginia Claude Palmer Derby Norfolk, Virginia Aubrey Gravatt Gibbs Port Royal, Virginia William Seymour Gravely Roanoke, Virginia Harris Asbury Nathaniel Hodgson East Falls Church, Virginia Vivian Burnett Hodgson Norfolk, Virginia John Leyburn Hughes Newport News, Virginia Jones Frederick Hughes Legge Washington, DC Withrow Reynolds Legge Washington, DC World War I veteran (First Lieutenant, Army). Fought in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Lewis A. Pick Brookneal, Virginia Served as Chief of Engineers in the United States Army. Pick was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Pick City, North DakotaPick City named for Lewis A. Pick http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=52896 and Pickstown, South Dakota were named for him. James Booth Rogers Lovingston, Virginia Harry Briggs Vaughan Norfolk, Virginia World War I and World War II veteran (Major General, Army). Was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

Coaching and training staff Head coach: Branch Bocock Manager: George William Hurt

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