1956 VPI Gobblers football team
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| West Virginia $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 George Washington | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1956 VPI Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the 1956 college football season.[1]
Schedule
September 15, 19568:00pm[2]vs. East Carolina*
W 37–2 – September 22, 1956Tulane*
L 14–21 30,000[3] September 29, 19562:00pm[4]vs. No. 20 NC State*
W 35–6 10,000[3] October 6, 19568:00pm[5]at Florida State*
W 20–7 –
October 13, 1956William & Mary
W 34–7 – October 20, 19562:30pm[6]at RichmondNo. 18
W 46–14 – October 27, 1956vs. Virginia*No. 16
W 14–7 – November 3, 19562:00pm[7]at No. 13 Clemson*No. 15
L 6–21 23,000[8] November 10, 1956Wake Forest*
- Miles Stadium
- Blacksburg, VA
T 13–13 7,000[3] November 22, 1956vs. VMI
- Victory Stadium
- Roanoke, VA (Rivalry)
W 45–0 –
- Source: HokieSports.com: 1956 Virginia Tech football schedule[9]
Players
The following players were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.[3]
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Coaching Staff
The following coaches were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle.[3]
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References
- ^ "1956 Virginia Tech Hokies". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
- ^ "Coal Bowl: V.P.I. vs. E.C.C." ECU Football Programs. East Carolina University. September 15, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Bugle 1957" (PDF). Virginia Tech Bugle. 1957. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
- ^ "VPI Gobblers vs N.C. State Wolfpack - Good Neighbor Bowl". VPI vs. NC State Football Program. 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ "Tribe Set to Ambush Gobblers". Florida Flambeau. Florida State University. October 5, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Semples, Mingis, Davis; Other Spider Stars Ready to "Gobble" Tech". The Collegian. University of Richmond. October 19, 1956. p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Clemson - VPI Football Game Program". Clemson University. November 3, 1956. p. 29. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Bengals Rout Virginia Tech In Homecoming Game, 21-6". The Tiger. Clemson University. November 8, 1956. p. 5. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ Virginia Tech Football Past Schedules "1956–1957". Virginia Tech Sports Information Department, Hokiesports.com. Accessed September 14, 2017.
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