1957 VPI Gobblers football team
American college football season
The 1957 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech ) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1957 college football season . Led by seventh-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia .[ 1]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 20 at Tulane * W 14–1332,000 [ 2]
September 28 at West Virginia L 0–1426,000 [ 3]
October 5 at William & Mary L 7–1310,000 [ 4]
October 12 Villanova * W 21–1414,000 [ 5]
October 19 vs. Virginia * L 7–3823,442 [ 6]
October 26 at Florida State * L 7–2018,556 [ 7]
November 2 Richmond Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 42–75,500 [ 8]
November 9 2:00 p.m. at Wake Forest * W 10–35,500 [ 9]
November 16 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 19 NC State * L 0–12[ 10]
November 28 vs. No. 17 VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) L 6–1425,000 [ 11]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Roster
The following players were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle , the Virginia Tech yearbook.[ 12]
VPI 1957 roster
Corbin Bailey
Clyde Barnette
Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr.
Tom Betz
Charles Philip Blankenship
Ed Brinkley
James Alexander Burks
Kenneth Arnold Byrd
Pat Luis Carpenito
Bobby Conner
William C. Cranwell
Carroll Dale
Frank H. Eastman
Ray England
Barry Frazee
Pat Henry
John Herndon
Billy Holsclaw
William Duncan Holsclaw, Jr.
John Hubard
Ben Hunter
Harold Jones
Walt Koenig
Jim Kosko
Leland Lawson
Jim Lugar
Robert A. Mangum
Bob McCoy
Julian Russell McCubbin
William Roderick McGinnis
Don McPeak
Charles Moberg jr.
John Moody
Russell Sidney Moon
Harry Parrish
William Alger Pugh
Jim Randall
Dick Ringer
O. Douglas Royals
Bernard Frank Schmidt
Albert Sebest
Sam Shaffer
Dickie Snead
Chuck Stephens
William J. Story, III
Billy Tilling
Donald Ray Vaught
Frank Webster
Kenneth Ray Wheeler
Jay N. Whitesell
Brian Zittrain
Coaching Staff
The following coaches were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle .[ 12]
VPI 1957 coaches' roster
Head coach
Assistant coach
Buck Chapman
Macauley McEver
Alf Satterfield
Don Watson
Trainer
Equipment Manager
References
^ "1957 Virginia Tech Hokies" . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
^ "VPI upsets Tulane, 14–13" . The Times-Dispatch . September 21, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "West Virginia hits Va. Tech eleven, 14–0" . The Shreveport Times . September 29, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "W&M upsets VPI, 13–7" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . October 6, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "VPI shoots Lugar to drop Villanova in final quarter" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 13, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cavaliers batter Virginia Tech, 38–7" . Asheville Citizen-Times . October 20, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Tally-Hoo 1958" . FSU Tally-Hoo 1958 . 1958. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .
^ "Tech routs Richmond by 42 to 7" . The Virginian-Pilot . November 3, 1957. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF) . Old Gold & Black . Wake Forest University . November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .
^ "State Visits Virginia Tech" . The Technician . North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017 .
^ "VMI beats VPI 14–6, rejects two bowl bids" . The Roanoke Times . November 29, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c "The Bugle 1958" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1958. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .
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