1957 VPI Gobblers football team

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| rankyear = 1957

| poll = AP

| timezone = Eastern

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| date = September 20

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Tulane

| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| score = 14–13

| attend = 32,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85638163/vpi-upsets-tulane-1413/|work=The Times-Dispatch|title=VPI upsets Tulane, 14–13|date=September 21, 1957|accessdate=September 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

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| date = September 28

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = West Virginia

| site_stadium = Mountaineer Field

| site_cityst = Morgantown, WV

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–14

| attend = 26,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-west-virginia-hits-va-tech-el/138906492/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=West Virginia hits Va. Tech eleven, 14–0|date=September 29, 1957|accessdate=January 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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| date = October 5

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = William & Mary

| site_stadium = Cary Field

| site_cityst = Williamsburg, VA

| score = 7–13

| attend = 10,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rocky-mount-telegram-wm-upsets-vpi-13/138909509/|work=The Rocky Mount Telegram|title=W&M upsets VPI, 13–7|date=October 6, 1957|accessdate=January 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 12

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Villanova

| site_stadium = Miles Stadium

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 21–14

| attend = 14,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-vpi-shoots-lug/138910403/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=VPI shoots Lugar to drop Villanova in final quarter|date=October 13, 1957|accessdate=January 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 19

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Virginia

| site_stadium = City Stadium

| site_cityst = Richmond, VA

| gamename = Tobacco Bowl, rivalry

| score = 7–38

| attend = 23,442

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-cavaliers-batter/138910535/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Cavaliers batter Virginia Tech, 38–7|date=October 20, 1957|accessdate=January 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 26

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Florida State

| site_stadium = Doak Campbell Stadium

| site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL

| score = 7–20

| attend = 18,556

| source = {{Cite web|work=FSU Tally-Hoo 1958|url=https://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A37327#page/Page+320/mode/2up|title=Tally-Hoo 1958|date=1958|access-date=September 15, 2017}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Richmond

| site_stadium = Miles Stadium

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 42–7

| attend = 5,500

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112652639/tech-routs-richmond-by-42-to-7/|work=The Virginian-Pilot|title=Tech routs Richmond by 42 to 7|date=November 3, 1957|accessdate=November 6, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 9

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Wake Forest

| site_stadium = Bowman Gray Stadium

| site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC

| score = 10–3

| attend = 5,500

| source = {{cite news |title=Deacs Face Tech Here|url=https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/3546/ogb_1957-11-04.pdf|publisher=Wake Forest University|newspaper=Old Gold & Black|date=November 4, 1957|page=8|access-date=September 15, 2017}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = NC State

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Victory Stadium

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| score = 0–12

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=State Visits Virginia Tech|url=https://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog/technician-v42n17-1957-11-14#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=7&z=-708.5553%2C-849.2705%2C8713.1225%2C4668.8785|publisher=North Carolina State University|newspaper=The Technician|date=November 14, 1957|page=8|access-date=September 15, 2017}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time =

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = VMI

| opprank = 17

| site_stadium = Victory Stadium

| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 6–14

| attend = 25,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-vmi-beats-vpi-146-re/138906123/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=VMI beats VPI 14–6, rejects two bowl bids|date=November 29, 1957|accessdate=January 16, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

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{{Cite web|work=Virginia Tech Bugle|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1958/1958_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1958|date=1958|access-date=July 17, 2017}}

The following players were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.

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colspan="9" style="background:#660000;color:#FF6600;text-align:center;"|VPI 1957 roster
| style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Corbin Bailey Clyde Barnette Edwin M. Bartrug, Jr. Tom Betz Charles Philip Blankenship Ed Brinkley James Alexander Burks Kenneth Arnold Byrd Pat Luis Carpenito Bobby Conner William C. Cranwell Carroll Dale Frank H. Eastman Ray England Barry Frazee Pat Henry John Herndon | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Billy Holsclaw William Duncan Holsclaw, Jr. John Hubard Ben Hunter Harold Jones Walt Koenig Jim Kosko Leland Lawson Jim Lugar Robert A. Mangum Bob McCoy Julian Russell McCubbin William Roderick McGinnis Don McPeak Charles Moberg jr. John Moody Russell Sidney Moon | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"| Harry Parrish William Alger Pugh Jim Randall Dick Ringer O. Douglas Royals Bernard Frank Schmidt Albert Sebest Sam Shaffer Dickie Snead Chuck Stephens William J. Story, III Billy Tilling Donald Ray Vaught Frank Webster Kenneth Ray Wheeler Jay N. Whitesell Brian Zittrain

The following coaches were members of the 1957 football team according to the roster published in the 1958 edition of The Bugle.

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colspan="9" style="background:#660000;color:#FF6600;text-align:center;"|VPI 1957 coaches' roster
| style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"|Head coach Frank Moseley Assistant coach Buck Chapman Macauley McEver Alf Satterfield Don Watson | style="width: 25px;" | | style="font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;"|Trainer Ed Motley Equipment Manager Luke Lindon

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