1957 VPI Gobblers football team

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1957 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Miles Stadium
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 VMI $ 6 –0 –09 –0 –1
West Virginia 3 –0 –07 –2 –1
The Citadel 4 –2 –05 –4 –1
Furman 2 –1 –03 –7 –0
Richmond 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
William & Mary 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Davidson 1 –3 –05 –3 –0
VPI 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
George Washington 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
Washington and Lee 0 –0 –00 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 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. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Tulane *
W 14–1332,000 [2]
September 28at West Virginia
L 0–1426,000 [3]
October 5at William & Mary
L 7–1310,000 [4]
October 12 Villanova *Dagger-14-plain.png
W 21–1414,000 [5]
October 19vs. Virginia *
L 7–3823,442 [6]
October 26at Florida State *
L 7–2018,556 [7]
November 2 Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–75,500 [8]
November 92:00 p.m.at Wake Forest *
W 10–35,500 [9]
November 161:30 p.m.vs. No. 19 NC State *
L 0–12 [10]
November 28vs. No. 17 VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 6–1425,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[12]

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
  • Ed Motley

Equipment Manager

  • Luke Lindon

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The 1968 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as an independent during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–4 and with a loss against Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1969 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as an independent during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–5–1. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1965 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Claiborne the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–3. VPI played home games at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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 1958 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 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 1955 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1955 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with a mark of 2–1–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 1953 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI 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.

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.

The 1959 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished third in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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 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.

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  6. ↑ "Cavaliers batter Virginia Tech, 38–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  11. ↑ "VMI beats VPI 14–6, rejects two bowl bids". The Roanoke Times. November 29, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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