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1958 VPI Gobblers football team

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1958 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southern Conference football standings
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20vs. West Texas State*
W 28–127,500[2]
September 27vs. Wake Forest*
L 6–137,000[3]
October 4William & Marydagger
W 27–1515,000[4]
October 11vs. Virginia*
W 22–1326,000[5]
October 18at Florida State*
L 0–288,000[6]
October 25vs. West Virginia
L 20–2122,000[7]
November 1at NC State*
T 14–1413,000[8]
November 8Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–236,000[9]
November 15at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*
L 0–4111,000[10]
November 27vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 21–1627,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

[12]

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.[12]

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. ^ "Gobblers start early, hit West Texas, 28–12". Daily Press. September 21, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wake Forest defeats VPI in driving rain". The State. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "VPI rally whips W-M, 27–15". The Virginian-Pilot. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Florida State beats Virginia Tech, 28–0". The State. October 19, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "State, VPI struggle to 14 to 14 tie". The Charlotte Observer. November 2, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gobblers rally to turn back Spiders, 27–23". The Progress-Index. November 9, 1958. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "VPI bows by 41–0". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "VPI tops VMI for state title". The Roanoke Times. November 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1959. p. 216. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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