1953 VPI Gobblers football team

The 1953 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1953 college football season.[1]

1953 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1953 record5–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coachFrank Moseley (3rd season)
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1953 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 West Virginia $ 4 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
Furman 2 –0 –0  7 –2 –0
George Washington 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
William & Mary 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Richmond 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –1
VPI 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
VMI 3 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Washington and Lee 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
The Citadel 1 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
Davidson 0 –5 –0  0 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 198:00 p.m.vs. Marshall*
W 7–0
September 26at Virginia*
W 20–6
October 3at Rutgers*
L 13–20
October 10Richmond
W 21–7
October 17at William & Mary
L 7–1312,500[2]
October 24Washington and Lee
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 32–1211,000[3]
October 30vs. The Citadel
W 22–0
November 71:45 p.m.[4]vs. West Virginia
  • Bluefield Municipal Stadium
  • Bluefield, WV (rivalry)
L 7–1212,300
November 13at Miami (FL)*
L 0–2617,000[5]
November 261:00 p.m.[6]vs. VMI
L 13–2826,000[7]
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1953 Virginia Tech football schedule[8]

Players

The following players were members of the 1953 football team according to the roster published in the 1954 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]

VPI 1953 roster
  • Bob Allen
  • William R. Anderson
  • Richard VanMetre "Dickie" Beard
  • Donald C. Booth
  • Gordon Derwood "Sonny" Bowman II
  • Franklin Dewey Brown
  • Leo Burke
  • Hayes Howell Burleson
  • Doug Creger
  • Johnny Dean
  • Hugh David Ebert
  • James Glen Fleenor
  • Harold Byrd Grizzard
  • James H. Haren
  • James Lupton Hedrick
  • Charles Donald Herb
  • Tom Hughes
  • William Edward Jamerson
  • Edward Houston Kavanaugh
  • William Duncan Kerfoot
  • Julian Neville King
  • Robert Stevens Luttrell
  • Don Mitchell
  • John Stewart Moody
  • Thomas R. Petty
  • George Preas
  • Jim Randall
  • Robert Earl Scruggs
  • Roger Winfield Simmons
  • Donald Gaylon Sink
  • Hunter E. Swink
  • Thompson
  • A.E. Trapp
  • A. Turlington
  • Phillip William Unger
  • Joseph Franklin Wells
  • Don "Ducky" Welsh
  • Jack Williams
  • Ernie Wolfe
  • Bobby Wolfenden
  • Howard Irving Wright

References
  1. "1953 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  2. "Big Green Silences Squawking Gobblers in Thriller" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 20, 1953. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  3. "The Bugle 1954" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1954. p. 259. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  4. "V.P.I. vs W.V.U. – 3rd Annual Coal Bowl". VPI vs. WVU Football Program. 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  5. "Florida Minded UM Nabs Third Win, Whips Outclassed Virginia Tech 26-0". The Miami Hurricane. University of Miami. November 20, 1953. p. 20. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  6. "VMI Plays Host To Gobblers at Victory Stadium on Thursday". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 23, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  7. "Flying Squadron Wallops V.P.I. Hokies 28-to-13". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 30, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  8. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1953–1954". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed July 19, 2017.


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