1957 VPI Gobblers football team

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

1957 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1957 record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
1957 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 20 VMI $ 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –1
West Virginia 3 –0 –0  7 –2 –1
The Citadel 4 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Furman 2 –1 –0  3 –7 –0
Richmond 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
William & Mary 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Davidson 1 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
VPI 1 –3 –0  4 –5 –0
George Washington 1 –5 –0  2 –7 –0
Washington and Lee 0 –0 –0  0 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20at Tulane*
W 14–1332,000[2]
September 28at West Virginia
L 0–1426,000[2]
October 5at William & Mary
L 7–13
October 12Villanova*
W 21–1414,000[2]
October 19vs. Virginia*
L 7–385,500[2]
October 26at Florida State*
L 7–2018,556[3]
November 2Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–7
November 92:00 p.m.[4]at Wake Forest*
W 10–3
November 161:30 p.m.[5]vs. No. 19 NC State*
L 0–12
November 28vs. No. 17 VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 6–1425,000[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  • Source: HokieSports.com: 1957 Virginia Tech football schedule[6]

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.[2]

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
  • Nicholas M. Mihalas
  • 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.[2]

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 2016-05-15.
  2. "The Bugle 1958" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1958. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. "Tally-Hoo 1958". FSU Tally-Hoo 1958. 1958. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  4. "Deacs Face Tech Here" (PDF). Old Gold & Black. Wake Forest University. November 4, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  5. "State Visits Virginia Tech". The Technician. North Carolina State University. November 14, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  6. Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1957–1958". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed September 15, 2017.


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