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    1957 VPI Gobblers football team

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    1957 VPI Gobblers football
    ConferenceSouthern Conference
    Record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
    Head coach
    • Frank Moseley (7th season)
    Home stadiumMiles Stadium
    Seasons
    ← 1956
    1958 →
    1957 Southern Conference football standings
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    		 Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No. 20 VMI $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
    West Virginia 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
    The Citadel 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
    Furman 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
    Richmond 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    William & Mary 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
    Davidson 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
    VPI 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
    George Washington 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
    Washington and Lee 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1957 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1957 NCAA University Division football season.[1]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 20at Tulane*
    • Tulane Stadium
    • New Orleans, LA
    		W 14–1332,000[2]
    September 28at West Virginia
    • Mountaineer Field
    • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
    		L 0–1426,000
    October 5at William & Mary
    • Cary Field
    • Williamsburg, VA
    		L 7–13
    October 12Villanova*dagger
    • Miles Stadium
    • Blacksburg, VA
    		W 21–1414,000
    October 19vs. Virginia*
    • City Stadium
    • Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)
    		L 7–385,500
    October 26at Florida State*
    • Doak Campbell Stadium
    • Tallahassee, FL
    		L 7–2018,556[3]
    November 2Richmond
    • Miles Stadium
    • Blacksburg, VA
    		W 42–75,500[4]
    November 92:00 p.m.at Wake Forest*
    • Bowman Gray Stadium
    • Winston-Salem, NC
    		W 10–35,500[5]
    November 161:30 p.m.vs. No. 19 NC State*
    • Victory Stadium
    • Roanoke, VA
    		L 0–12[6]
    November 28vs. No. 17 VMI
    • Victory Stadium
    • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
    		L 6–1425,000
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    [7]

    Players[edit]

    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.[7]

    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
    • Nicholas M. Mihalas
    • 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[edit]

    The following coaches were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle.[7]

    VPI 1957 coaches' roster
    Head coach
    • Frank Moseley

    Assistant coach

    • Buck Chapman
    • Macauley McEver
    • Alf Satterfield
    • Don Watson
    		 Trainer
    • Ed Motley

    Equipment Manager

    • Luke Lindon

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "1957 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
    2. ^ "VPI upsets Tulane, 14–13". The Times-Dispatch. September 21, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
    3. ^ "Tally-Hoo 1958". FSU Tally-Hoo 1958. 1958. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
    4. ^ "Tech routs Richmond by 42 to 7". The Virginian-Pilot. November 3, 1957. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
    5. ^ "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF). Old Gold & Black. Wake Forest University. November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
    6. ^ "State Visits Virginia Tech". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
    7. ^ a b c "The Bugle 1958" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1958. Retrieved July 17, 2017.


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