1957 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1957 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1957 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 VMI $ 6 –0 –09 –0 –1
West Virginia 3 –0 –07 –2 –1
The Citadel 4 –2 –05 –4 –1
Furman 2 –1 –03 –7 –0
Richmond 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
William & Mary 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Davidson 1 –3 –05 –3 –0
VPI 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
George Washington 1 –5 –02 –7 –0
Washington and Lee 0 –0 –00 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Tulane*
W 14–1332,000[2]
September 28at West Virginia
L 0–1426,000
October 5at William & Mary
L 7–13
October 12Villanova*dagger
W 21–1414,000
October 19vs. Virginia*
L 7–3823,442
October 26at Florida State*
L 7–2018,556[3]
November 2Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–75,500[4]
November 92:00 p.m.at Wake Forest*
W 10–35,500[5]
November 161:30 p.m.vs. No. 19 NC State*
L 0–12[6]
November 28vs. No. 17 VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 6–1425,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[7]

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.[7]

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
  • Charles Moberg jr.
  • 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.[7]

VPI 1957 coaches' roster
Head coach

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 May 15, 2016.
  2. "VPI upsets Tulane, 14–13". The Times-Dispatch. September 21, 1957. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tally-Hoo 1958". FSU Tally-Hoo 1958. 1958. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  4. "Tech routs Richmond by 42 to 7". The Virginian-Pilot. November 3, 1957. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF). Old Gold & Black. Wake Forest University. November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  6. "State Visits Virginia Tech". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  7. "The Bugle 1958" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1958. Retrieved July 17, 2017.


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