1898 VPI football team

1898 VPI football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1898 record	3–2 (0–1 SIAA)
Head coach	J. Lewis Ingles (1st year)
Home stadium	Sheib Field

1898 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina +	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Sewanee +	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
LSU	1	–	0	–	0			1	–	0	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Georgia	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Clemson	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	1	–	0
Tulane	1	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Texas	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
VPI	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	1	–	0			1	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1898 VPI football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1898 college football season. The team was led by their head coach J. Lewis Ingles and finished with a record of three wins and two losses (3–2).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 4, 1898	vs. North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC	L 6–28
November 5, 1898	at Guilford College*	Greensboro, NC	W 17–0
November 7, 1898	vs. UMBC*	Lynchburg, VA	L 0–23
November 11, 1898	King College*	Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 58–0
November 12, 1898	Bellevue School*	Sheib Field • Blacksburg, VA	W 29–0
*Non-conference game.

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1898 Virginia Tech football schedule

Players

The following players were members of the 1898 football team according to the roster published in the 1903 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

VPI 1898 roster
	Quarterback William Frazier Bell Guards Robert William Carper W. F. Cox Tackles Sidney Johnson Thomas Charles Morton Wood Center John Walter Stull		Ends Archibald Blair Hubbard Lindsay Louin Jewell Halfbacks Edward Wood Hardaway John Brabson Huffard J. Lewis Ingles Curtis Grant Rorebeck Fullback Charles Whitfield Painter		Substitutes McCracken J. McGavock