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The 1957 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 1957 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, and finished eighth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1957 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
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1957 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 VMI $6–0–09–0–1
West Virginia3–0–07–2–1
The Citadel4–2–05–4–1
Furman2–1–03–7–0
Richmond2–4–04–6–0
William & Mary2–4–04–6–0
Davidson1–3–05–3–0
VPI1–3–04–5–0
George Washington1–5–02–7–0
Washington and Lee0–0–00–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Tulane*W 14–1332,000[2]
September 28at West VirginiaL 0–1426,000[3]
October 5at William & MaryL 7–1310,000[4]
October 12Villanova*daggerW 21–1414,000[5]
October 19vs. Virginia*L 7–3823,442[6]
October 26at Florida State*L 7–2018,556[7]
November 2Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 42–75,500[8]
November 92:00 p.m.at Wake Forest*W 10–35,500[9]
November 161:30 p.m.vs. No. 19 NC State*L 0–12[10]
November 28vs. No. 17 VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 6–1425,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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Roster

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.[12]

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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
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Coaching staff

The following coaches were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle.[12]

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VPI 1957 coaches' roster
Head coach

Assistant coach

  • Buck Chapman
  • Macauley McEver
  • Alf Satterfield
  • Don Watson
Trainer
  • Ed Motley

Equipment Manager

  • Luke Lindon
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