1958 VPI Gobblers football team

1958 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Moseley (8th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons ←  1957 1959  →

1958 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
West Virginia $	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
George Washington	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
VMI	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Richmond	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Furman	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1958 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 1958 college 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. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	8:00 p.m.	vs. West Texas State *	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 28–12	7,500–9,000	[2] [3] [4]
September 27		vs. Wake Forest *	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	L 6–13	7,000	[5]
October 4		William & Mary	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 27–15	15,000	[6]
October 11		vs. Virginia *	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl, rivalry)	W 22–13	26,000	[7]
October 18		at Florida State *	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–28	8,000	[8]
October 25		vs. West Virginia	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 20–21	22,000	[9]
November 1		at NC State *	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	T 14–14	13,000	[10]
November 8		Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 27–23	6,000	[11]
November 15		at No. 1 Mississippi Southern *	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 0–41	11,000	[12]
November 27		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 21–16	27,500	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

The following players were members of the 1958 football team according to the roster published in the 1959 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook. ^[14]

VPI 1958 roster
	Clyde Barnette Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr. Tom Betz Ed Brinkley James Alexander Burks (Capt.) Kenneth Arnold Byrd William C. Cranwell Carroll Dale Bloice Davison Jim Farr Bob Harris Pat Henry		Billy Holsclaw William Duncan Holsclaw, Jr. Ben Hunter Harold Jones Warren Maccaroni Nicholas M. Mihalas David Mitchell Joe Moss Thomas Ellis O'Brien Don Oakes Art Pruett William Alger Pugh		Dick Ringer Sam Shaffer Dickie Snead Charlie Speck Chuck Stephens Amos Leon Tomblin Gil Turnage Donald Ray Vaught Bernie Vishneski Johnny Watkins Jay N. Whitesell Arthur Allen Whittier Mike Zeno

References

1. "1958 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
2. "Virginia Tech Entertains West Texas State Tonight". The Roanoke Times . Roanoke, Virginia. September 20, 1958. p. 9. Retrieved April 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
3. Roemer, Bob (September 21, 1958). "Hokies Defeat West Texans By 28-12 Count". The Roanoke Times . Roanoke, Virginia. pp. D1, D5 . Retrieved April 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Gobblers start early, hit West Texas, 28–12". Daily Press. September 21, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Wake Forest defeats VPI in driving rain". The State. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "VPI rally whips W-M, 27–15". The Virginian-Pilot. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "2nd half Virginia Tech rally tops Virginia 22–13". Beckley Post-Herald & The Raleigh Register. October 12, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Florida State beats Virginia Tech, 28–0". The State. October 19, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "West Virginia comes from behind to nip Tech, 21–20, extend string". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "State, VPI struggle to 14 to 14 tie". The Charlotte Observer. November 2, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Gobblers rally to turn back Spiders, 27–23". The Progress-Index. November 9, 1958. Retrieved November 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
12. "VPI bows by 41–0". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
13. "VPI tops VMI for state title". The Roanoke Times. November 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
14. "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle . 1959. p. 216. Retrieved January 5, 2017.