1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–4 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumMiles Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VMI $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
The Citadel 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Virginia Tech 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Furman 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Richmond 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
West Virginia 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Davidson 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
George Washington 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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 & Mary
W 20–1419,000[4][5]
October 10Florida State*dagger
WSLS-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 Virginia
W 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

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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]

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

References

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  1. ^ "1959 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Long pass puts Pack over VPI". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. September 20, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Deacs edge VPI, 27–18". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fumbles help Tech win, 20–14". The Progress-Index. October 4, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Indians nipped by VPI in Harvest Bowl tilt" (PDF). The Flat Hat. College of William & Mary. October 6, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "Va. Tech loses gamble, Seminoles triumph, 7–6". The Miami Herald. October 11, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "VPI downs Virginia by 40 to 14". The Tampa Tribune. October 18, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Virginia Tech scores 17 in 4th to drop Villanova". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Techman tops 'Cats 24–14". The Villanovan. Villanova University. October 29, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "VPI whips UR, 51–29". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 1, 1959. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "VPI rallies to edge West Texas". The El Paso Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "VPI shatters 30-game W. Va. streak, 12–0". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 15, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "VMI stuns VPI, 37–12, to capture SC crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b "The Bugle 1960" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1960. p. 325. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
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