1958 VPI Gobblers football team

1958 VPI Gobblers football
Conference Southern Conference
1958 record 5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach Frank Moseley (8th season)
Home stadium Lane Stadium
1958 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1958 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 20, 1958 vs. West Texas State* Victory Stadium[2] • Roanoke, Virginia W 28–12   7,500[2]
September 27, 1958 vs. Wake Forest* Foreman Field[2] • Norfolk, Virginia L 6–13   7,000[2]
October 4, 1958 William & Marydagger Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 27–15   15,000[2]
October 11, 1958 vs. Virginia* Victory Stadium[2] • Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) W 22–13   26,000[2]
October 18, 1958 at Florida State* Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida L 0–28   8,000[3]
October 25, 1958 vs. West Virginia City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia (Rivalry and Tobacco Bowl) L 20–21   22,000[2]
November 1, 1958 at NC State* Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina T 14–14   13,000[2]
November 8, 1958 Richmond Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 27–23   6,000[2]
November 15, 1958 at Mississippi Southern* Faulkner Field • Hattiesburg, Mississippi L 0-41   –
November 27, 1958 vs. VMI Victory Stadium[2] • Roanoke, Virginia (Rivalry) W 21-16   27,500[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1958 Virginia Tech football schedule[4]

Players

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.[2]

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". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1959. p. 216. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Tally-Ho 1959". Florida State Tally-Ho. 1959. p. 319. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. ↑ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1958–1959". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed January 5, 2017.
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