1956 VPI Gobblers football team
| 1956 VPI Gobblers football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 7–2–1 (3–0 SoCon) |
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| Home stadium | Lane Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 NCAA University Division football season.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 15 | 8:00 p.m.[2] | vs. East Carolina* | W 37–2 | |||
| September 22 | Tulane* | L 14–21 | 30,000[3] | |||
| September 29 | 2:00 p.m.[4] | vs. No. 20 NC State* | W 35–6 | 10,000[3] | ||
| October 6 | 8:00 p.m.[5] | at Florida State* | W 20–7 | |||
| October 13 | William & Mary | W 34–7 | ||||
| October 20 | 2:30 p.m.[6] | at Richmond | No. 18 | W 46–14 | ||
| October 27 | vs. Virginia* | No. 16 | W 14–7 | |||
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m.[7] | at No. 13 Clemson* | No. 15 | L 6–21 | 23,000[8] | |
| November 10 | Wake Forest* |
| T 13–13 | 7,000[3] | ||
| November 22 | vs. VMI |
| W 45–0 | 24,000 | ||
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- Source: HokieSports.com: 1956 Virginia Tech football schedule[9]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | 18 | 16 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
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]
| VPI 1956 roster | ||||||||
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Quarterbacks
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Centers
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Fullbacks
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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]
| VPI 1956 coaches' roster | ||||||||
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| Head Coach
Assistant Coach
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Trainer
Equipment Manager
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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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