1956 VPI Gobblers football team

1956 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1956 record 7–2–1 (3–0 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Moseley (6th season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1956 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
West Virginia $ 5 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
VPI 3 –0 –0  7 –2 –1
No. 17 George Washington 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –1
Davidson 2 –2 –1  5 –3 –1
Furman 2 –2 –0  2 –8 –0
VMI 2 –3 –1  3 –6 –1
Richmond 2 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –0  3 –5 –1
Washington and Lee 0 –1 –0  1 –7 –0
William & Mary 0 –5 –0  0 –9 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1956 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 15, 1956 8:00pm[2] vs. East Carolina* Mitchell Stadium • Bluefield, WV W 37–2   –
September 22, 1956 Tulane* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA L 14–21   30,000[3]
September 29, 1956 2:00pm[4] vs. No. 20 NC State* Foreman Field[3] • Norfolk, VA W 35–6   10,000[3]
October 6, 1956 8:00pm[5] at Florida State* Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 20–7   –
October 13, 1956 William & Marydagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA W 34–7   –
October 20, 1956 2:30pm[6] at Richmond No. 18 City Stadium • Richmond, VA W 46–14   –
October 27, 1956 vs. Virginia* No. 16 Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 14–7   –
November 3, 1956 2:00pm[7] at No. 13 Clemson* No. 15 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC L 6–21   23,000[8]
November 10, 1956 Wake Forest* Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, VA T 13–13   7,000[3]
November 22, 1956 vs. VMI Victory Stadium • Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) W 45–0   –
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1956 Virginia Tech football schedule[9]

Players

The following players were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

VPI 1956 roster
  • Corbin Bailey
  • Warren Leroy Belcher
  • Tom Betz
  • Ed Brinkley
  • James Alexander Burks
  • Pat Luis Carpenito
  • Bobby Conner
  • William C. Cranwell
  • Robert J. Cruickshank
  • Charles Cuba
  • Carroll Dale
  • Bill Daley
  • Thomas John Dalzell
  • Raymond Donald Divers
  • Frank H. Eastman
  • Hugh David Ebert
  • Ray England
  • Barry Frazee
  • John Rufus Hall
  • James Lupton Hedrick
  • John Herndon
  • James Holloway
  • Billy Holsclaw
  • William Edward Jamerson
  • Grover Cleveland Jones III
  • Harry Keast
  • Kuruc
  • Jim Lugar
  • Bob McCoy
  • Nicholas M. Mihalas
  • John Stewart Moody
  • Russell Sidney Moon
  • Doug Mullins
  • Hillmer John "Swede" Olson
  • Jim Randall
  • Dick Ringer
  • Bernard Frank Schmidt
  • Bobby Seal
  • Albert Sebest
  • Ronnie Settles
  • Billy Tilling
  • Ted Uzelac
  • Frank Webster
  • Jay N. Whitesell
  • Bobby Wolfenden

Coaching Staff

The following coaches were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle.[3]

VPI 1956 coaches' roster
Head Coach

Assistant Coach

 Trainer
  • Ed Motley

Equipment Manager

  • Luke Lindon

References

  1. ↑ "1956 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Coal Bowl: V.P.I. vs. E.C.C." ECU Football Programs. East Carolina University. September 15, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Bugle 1957" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1957. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  4. ↑ "VPI Gobblers vs N.C. State Wolfpack - Good Neighbor Bowl". VPI vs. NC State Football Program. 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  5. ↑ "Tribe Set to Ambush Gobblers". Florida Flambeau. Florida State University. October 5, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Semples, Mingis, Davis; Other Spider Stars Ready to "Gobble" Tech". The Collegian. University of Richmond. October 19, 1956. p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Clemson - VPI Football Game Program". Clemson University. November 3, 1956. p. 29. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bengals Rout Virginia Tech In Homecoming Game, 21-6". The Tiger. Clemson University. November 8, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  9. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1956–1957". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed September 14, 2017.
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