1957 VPI Gobblers football team

1957 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Moseley (7th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons ←  1956 1958  →

1957 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	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 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 *	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 14–13	32,000	[2]
September 28		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–14	26,000	[3]
October 5		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 7–13	10,000	[4]
October 12		Villanova *	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–14	14,000	[5]
October 19		vs. Virginia *	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 7–38	23,442	[6]
October 26		at Florida State *	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–20	18,556	[7]
November 2		Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 42–7	5,500	[8]
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest *	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 10–3	5,500	[9]
November 16	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 19 NC State *	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 0–12		[10]
November 28		vs. No. 17 VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 6–14	25,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings 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 Frank Moseley Assistant coach Buck Chapman Macauley McEver Alf Satterfield Don Watson		Trainer Ed Motley Equipment Manager Luke Lindon

References

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2. "VPI upsets Tulane, 14–13". The Times-Dispatch. September 21, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "West Virginia hits Va. Tech eleven, 14–0". The Shreveport Times. September 29, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "W&M upsets VPI, 13–7". The Rocky Mount Telegram. October 6, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "VPI shoots Lugar to drop Villanova in final quarter". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cavaliers batter Virginia Tech, 38–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 20, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Tally-Hoo 1958". FSU Tally-Hoo 1958 . 1958. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
8. "Tech routs Richmond by 42 to 7". The Virginian-Pilot. November 3, 1957. Retrieved November 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF). Old Gold & Black . Wake Forest University. November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
10. "State Visits Virginia Tech". The Technician . North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
11. "VMI beats VPI 14–6, rejects two bowl bids". The Roanoke Times. November 29, 1957. Retrieved January 16, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "The Bugle 1958" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle . 1958. Retrieved July 17, 2017.