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The 1953 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Record5–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1953 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
 1952
1954 
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1953 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 West Virginia $400820
Furman200720
George Washington420540
William & Mary320541
Richmond330531
VPI330550
VMI330550
Washington and Lee240460
The Citadel130270
Davidson050090
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 198:00 p.m.vs. Marshall*W 7–0[1]
September 26at Virginia*W 20–620,000[2]
October 3at Rutgers*L 13–2010,000[3]
October 10RichmondW 21–7[4]
October 17at William & MaryL 7–1312,500[5]
October 24Washington and Leedagger
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 32–1211,000[6][7]
October 30vs. The CitadelW 22–04,000[8]
November 71:45 p.m.vs. No. 7 West Virginia
  • Bluefield Municipal Stadium
  • Bluefield, WV (rivalry)
L 7–1212,300[9]
November 13at Miami (FL)*L 0–2617,000–17,105[10]
November 261:00 p.m.vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 13–2826,000[11][12]
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Roster

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.[6]

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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
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