1958 VPI Gobblers football team

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]

1958 VPI Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
1958 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Virginia $ 4 –0 –04 –5 –1
VPI 3 –1 –05 –4 –1
George Washington 3 –2 –03 –5 –0
VMI 2 –2 –16 –2 –2
Richmond 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
The Citadel 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Davidson 2 –3 –05 –4 –0
Furman 1 –2 –02 –7 –0
William & Mary 1 –4 –12 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20vs. West Texas State*
W 28–127,500[2]
September 27vs. Wake Forest*
L 6–137,000[3]
October 4William & Mary
W 27–1515,000[4]
October 11vs. Virginia*
W 22–1326,000[5]
October 18at Florida State*
L 0–288,000[6]
October 25vs. West Virginia
L 20–2122,000[7]
November 1at NC State*
T 14–1413,000[8]
November 8Richmond
  • Miles Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 27–236,000[9]
November 15at No. 1 Mississippi Southern*
L 0–4111,000[10]
November 27vs. VMI
  • Victory Stadium
  • Roanoke, VA (rivalry)
W 21–1627,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

[12]

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.[12]

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 Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. "Gobblers start early, hit West Texas, 28–12". Daily Press. September 21, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wake Forest defeats VPI in driving rain". The State. September 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "VPI rally whips W-M, 27–15". The Virginian-Pilot. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "2nd half Virginia Tech rally tops Virginia 22–13". Beckley Post-Herald & The Raleigh Register. October 12, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Florida State beats Virginia Tech, 28–0". The State. October 19, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "West Virginia comes from behind to nip Tech, 21–20, extend string". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "State, VPI struggle to 14 to 14 tie". The Charlotte Observer. November 2, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Gobblers rally to turn back Spiders, 27–23". The Progress-Index. November 9, 1958. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "VPI bows by 41–0". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 16, 1958. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "VPI tops VMI for state title". The Roanoke Times. November 28, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "The Bugle 1959" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1959. p. 216. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
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