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
1958 record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumLane 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20vs. West Texas State*
W 28–127,500[2]
September 27vs. Wake Forest*
L 6–137,000[2]
October 4William & Mary
W 27–1515,000[2]
October 11vs. Virginia*
W 22–1326,000[2]
October 18at Florida State*
L 0–288,000[3]
October 25vs. West Virginia
L 20–2122,000[2]
November 1at NC State*
T 14–1413,000[2]
November 8Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–236,000[2]
November 15at Mississippi Southern*
L 0–41
November 27vs. VMI
W 21-1627,500[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • 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. "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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