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The 1958 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 1958 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1958 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
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1958 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia $4–0–04–5–1
VPI3–1–05–4–1
George Washington3–2–03–5–0
VMI2–2–16–2–2
Richmond3–4–03–7–0
The Citadel2–3–04–6–0
Davidson2–3–05–4–0
Furman1–2–02–7–0
William & Mary1–4–12–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 208:00 p.m.vs. West Texas State*W 28–127,500–9,000[2][3][4]
September 27vs. Wake Forest*L 6–137,000[5]
October 4William & MarydaggerW 27–1515,000[6]
October 11vs. Virginia*
W 22–1326,000[7]
October 18at Florida State*L 0–288,000[8]
October 25vs. West VirginiaL 20–2122,000[9]
November 1at NC State*T 14–1413,000[10]
November 8Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–236,000[11]
November 15at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*L 0–4111,000[12]
November 27vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 21–1627,500[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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Roster

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.[14]

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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
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