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
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Frank Moseley (8th season)
Home stadium	Miles Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	vs. West Texas State*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 28–12	7,500
September 27	vs. Wake Forest*	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	L 6–13	7,000
October 4	William & Mary	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 27–15	15,000
October 11	vs. Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 22–13	26,000
October 18	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–28	8,000	^[2]
October 25	vs. West Virginia	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl, rivalry)	L 20–21	22,000
November 1	at NC State*	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	T 14–14	13,000
November 8	Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 27–23	6,000	^[3]
November 15	at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 0–41	11,000	^[4]
November 27	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 21–16	27,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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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.^[5]

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 May 15, 2016.
2. "Tally-Ho 1959". Florida State Tally-Ho. 1959. p. 319. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
3. "Gobblers rally to turn back Spiders, 27–23". The Progress-Index. November 9, 1958. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "VPI bows by 41–0". The Times Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1959. p. 216. Retrieved January 5, 2017.