1953 VPI Gobblers football team

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1953 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
←  1952
1954  →
1953 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 West Virginia $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –0
Furman 2 –0 –07 –2 –0
George Washington 4 –2 –05 –4 –0
William & Mary 3 –2 –05 –4 –1
Richmond 3 –3 –05 –3 –1
VPI 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
VMI 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Washington and Lee 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –02 –7 –0
Davidson 0 –5 –00 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1953 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 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 198:00 p.m.vs. Marshall *
W 7–0 [1]
September 26at Virginia *
W 20–620,000 [2]
October 3at Rutgers *
L 13–2010,000 [3]
October 10 Richmond
W 21–7 [4]
October 17at William & Mary
L 7–1312,500 [5]
October 24 Washington and Lee Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 32–1211,000 [6] [7]
October 30vs. The Citadel
W 22–04,000 [8]
November 71:45 p.m.vs. West Virginia
  • Bluefield Municipal Stadium
  • Bluefield, WV (rivalry)
L 7–1212,300 [9]
November 13at Miami (FL) *
L 0–2617,000 [10]
November 261:00 p.m.vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 13–2826,000 [11] [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

[13]

Roster

The following players were members of the 1953 football team according to the roster published in the 1954 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook. [6]

VPI 1953 roster
  • Bob Allen
  • William R. Anderson
  • Richard VanMetre "Dickie" Beard
  • Donald C. Booth
  • Gordon Derwood "Sonny" Bowman II
  • Franklin Dewey Brown
  • Leo Burke
  • Hayes Howell Burleson
  • Doug Creger
  • Johnny Dean
  • Hugh David Ebert
  • James Glen Fleenor
  • Harold Byrd Grizzard
  • James H. Haren
  • James Lupton Hedrick
  • Charles Donald Herb
  • Tom Hughes
  • William Edward Jamerson
  • Edward Houston Kavanaugh
  • William Duncan Kerfoot
  • Julian Neville King
  • Robert Stevens Luttrell
  • Don Mitchell
  • John Stewart Moody
  • Thomas R. Petty
  • George Preas
  • Jim Randall
  • Robert Earl Scruggs
  • Roger Winfield Simmons
  • Donald Gaylon Sink
  • Hunter E. Swink
  • Thompson
  • A.E. Trapp
  • A. Turlington
  • Phillip William Unger
  • Joseph Franklin Wells
  • Don "Ducky" Welsh
  • Jack Williams
  • Ernie Wolfe
  • Bobby Wolfenden
  • Howard Irving Wright

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The 1964 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1956 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1957 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1957 NCAA University Division 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.

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The 1962 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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The 1960 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1960 NCAA University Division football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, and finished tied for second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1961 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. Led by first-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished seventh in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1951 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1951 college football season. The team was led by their first-year head coach Frank Moseley and finished with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8).

The 1952 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1952 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

References

  1. ↑ "VPI nudges Marshall on 4th period tally; Losers prove tough". Daily Press. September 20, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Gobblers whip favored Cavaliers in hard fought thriller". The Staunten News-Leader. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Capaldo, Chuck (October 4, 1953). "Rutgers' Splurge Upends VPI". Daily Press . Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Virginia Tech shatters Richmond's victory streak 21–7". The Bristol Herald Courier. October 11, 1953. Retrieved November 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Big Green Silences Squawking Gobblers in Thriller" (PDF). The Flat Hat . College of William & Mary. October 20, 1953. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "The Bugle 1954" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle . 1954. p. 259. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Gobblers dump Generals; Old grads on hand". The Staunton News-Leader. October 25, 1953. Retrieved August 21, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Virginia Tech scores easy 22 to 0 triumph over Citadel". The Roanoke Times. October 31, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "WVU forced to spurt in nudging VPI by 12–7". The Knoxville Journal. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Florida Minded UM Nabs Third Win, Whips Outclassed Virginia Tech 26-0". The Miami Hurricane . University of Miami. November 20, 1953. p. 20. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ "VMI Plays Host To Gobblers at Victory Stadium on Thursday". The Cadet . Virginia Military Institute. November 23, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Flying Squadron Wallops V.P.I. Hokies 28-to-13". The Cadet . Virginia Military Institute. November 30, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ "1952 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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