1957 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1957 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1957 college football season.[1]

1957 VPI Gobblers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1957 record	4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Moseley (7th season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

1957 Southern Conference football standings
	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			4	–	6	–	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
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[2]
October 5		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 7–13
October 12		Villanova*	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–14	14,000[2]
October 19		vs. Virginia*	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 7–38	5,500[2]
October 26		at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 7–20	18,556[3]
November 2		Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 42–7
November 9	2:00 p.m.[4]	at Wake Forest*	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	W 10–3
November 16	1:30 p.m.[5]	vs. No. 19 NC State*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 0–12
November 28		vs. No. 17 VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 6–14	25,000[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: HokieSports.com: 1957 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]

Players

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.[2]

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 Nicholas M. Mihalas 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.[2]

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

1. "1957 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
2. "The Bugle 1958" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1958. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
3. "Tally-Hoo 1958". FSU Tally-Hoo 1958. 1958. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
4. "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF). Old Gold & Black. Wake Forest University. November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
5. "State Visits Virginia Tech". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
6. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1957–1958". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed September 15, 2017.