1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Moseley (9th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons ←  1958 1960  →

1959 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
VMI $	5	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
The Citadel	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Furman	3	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
West Virginia	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
George Washington	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Virginia Tech 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 1959 college 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. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	vs. NC State *	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA		L 13–15	12,000	[2]
September 26	at Wake Forest *	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		L 18–27	9,000	[3]
October 3	vs. William & Mary	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (Harvest Bowl)		W 20–14	19,000	[4] [5]
October 10	Florida State *	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	WSLS-TV	L 6–7	15,000	[6]
October 17	vs. Virginia *	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)		W 40–14	24,000	[7]
October 24	at Villanova *	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA		W 24–14	7,965	[8] [9]
October 31	Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 51–29		[10]
November 7	at West Texas State *	Buffalo Bowl Canyon, TX		W 26–21		[11]
November 14	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 12–0	8,000	[12]
November 26	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)		L 12–37	27,500	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Roster

The following players were members of the 1959 football team according to the roster published in the 1960 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook. ^[14]

VPI 1959 roster
	Ray Barile Clyde Barnette Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr. Andy Beckstoffer Tom Betz Charles Philip Blankenship Herb Bowling Kenneth Arnold Byrd Robert M. Crabtree Carroll Dale (Capt.) Bloice Davison Frank H. Eastman John Farmer Jim Farr David W. Gillespie Bob Harris Walter Milton Harris William O. Heintz Pat Henry		Gary Hilton Charles F. Hines Robert Gerald Holbrook Leo Howard Ben Hunter Don Jensen Harold Jones Mac Kincaid Warren Maccaroni Ray Massie William Roderick McGinnis David Mitchell Warren Morris Joe Moss Thomas Ellis O'Brien Don Oakes Jim Paine Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry Charles Warren Price, Jr.		Art Pruett William Alger Pugh Elmer Reed Bill Robertson Sam Shaffer Dickie Snead Charlie Speck Chuck Stephens Terry L. Strock Rick Tolley Amos Leon Tomblin Donald Ray Vaught Bernie Vishneski Harold Ward Johnny Watkins Arthur Allen Whittier Donald E. Womeldorph Mike Zeno

References

1. "1959 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
2. "Long pass puts Pack over VPI". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. September 20, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Deacs edge VPI, 27–18". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Fumbles help Tech win, 20–14". The Progress-Index. October 4, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Indians nipped by VPI in Harvest Bowl tilt" (PDF). The Flat Hat . College of William & Mary. October 6, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
6. "Va. Tech loses gamble, Seminoles triumph, 7–6". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "VPI downs Virginia by 40 to 14". The Tampa Tribune. October 18, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Virginia Tech scores 17 in 4th to drop Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Techman tops 'Cats 24–14". The Villanovan . Villanova University. October 29, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
10. "VPI whips UR, 51–29". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 1, 1959. Retrieved November 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
11. "VPI rallies to edge West Texas". The El Paso Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "VPI shatters 30-game W. Va. streak, 12–0". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 15, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
13. "VMI stuns VPI, 37–12, to capture SC crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
14. "The Bugle 1960" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle . 1960. p. 325. Retrieved January 6, 2017.