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1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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The 1959 Virginia Tech 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 1959 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished third in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.[1]

Record6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumMiles Stadium
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1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
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1959 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
VMI $5–0–18–1–1
The Citadel5–1–08–2–0
Virginia Tech3–1–06–4–0
Furman3–2–03–7–0
Richmond4–3–14–5–1
West Virginia2–2–03–7–0
William & Mary2–5–04–6–0
Davidson0–5–01–8–0
George Washington0–5–01–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. NC State*L 13–1512,000[2]
September 26at Wake Forest*L 18–279,000[3]
October 3vs. William & MaryW 20–1419,000[4][5]
October 10Florida State*daggerWSLS-TVL 6–715,000[6]
October 17vs. Virginia*W 40–1424,000[7]
October 24at Villanova*W 24–147,965[8][9]
October 31Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 51–29[10]
November 7at West Texas State*W 26–21[11]
November 14at West VirginiaW 12–08,000[12]
November 26vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
L 12–3727,500[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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Roster

The following players were members of the 1959 football team according to the roster published in the 1960 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[14]

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VPI 1959 roster
  • Ray Barile
  • Clyde Barnette
  • Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr.
  • Andy Beckstoffer
  • Tom Betz
  • Charles Philip Blankenship
  • Herb Bowling
  • Kenneth Arnold Byrd
  • Robert M. Crabtree
  • Carroll Dale (Capt.)
  • Bloice Davison
  • Frank H. Eastman
  • John Farmer
  • Jim Farr
  • David W. Gillespie
  • Bob Harris
  • Walter Milton Harris
  • William O. Heintz
  • Pat Henry
  • Gary Hilton
  • Charles F. Hines
  • Robert Gerald Holbrook
  • Leo Howard
  • Ben Hunter
  • Don Jensen
  • Harold Jones
  • Mac Kincaid
  • Warren Maccaroni
  • Ray Massie
  • William Roderick McGinnis
  • David Mitchell
  • Warren Morris
  • Joe Moss
  • Thomas Ellis O'Brien
  • Don Oakes
  • Jim Paine
  • Noah Redding "Buddy" Perry
  • Charles Warren Price, Jr.
  • Art Pruett
  • William Alger Pugh
  • Elmer Reed
  • Bill Robertson
  • Sam Shaffer
  • Dickie Snead
  • Charlie Speck
  • Chuck Stephens
  • Terry L. Strock
  • Rick Tolley
  • Amos Leon Tomblin
  • Donald Ray Vaught
  • Bernie Vishneski
  • Harold Ward
  • Johnny Watkins
  • Arthur Allen Whittier
  • Donald E. Womeldorph
  • Mike Zeno
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