1958 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1958 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1958 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia $ 4 0 04 5 1
VPI 3 1 05 4 1
George Washington 3 2 03 5 0
VMI 2 2 16 2 2
Richmond 3 4 03 7 0
The Citadel 2 3 04 6 0
Davidson 2 3 05 4 0
Furman 1 2 02 7 0
William & Mary 1 4 12 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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

[5]

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.[5]

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 May 15, 2016.
  2. "Tally-Ho 1959". Florida State Tally-Ho. 1959. p. 319. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  3. "Gobblers rally to turn back Spiders, 27–23". The Progress-Index. November 9, 1958. Retrieved November 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "VPI bows by 41–0". The Times Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 29, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1959. p. 216. Retrieved January 5, 2017.


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