 They went scoreless in all three of that season's games, but the following year, posted a perfect record of 6–0.For the first two decades of the program, the team primarily competed against local universities and high schools due to the prohibitive nature of long-distance travel at the time.In 1911, Harry C. "Curley" Byrd became head coach and held that position for more than two decades until he was named the university president.