Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 19 vs. NC State * L 13–1512,000 [2]
September 26 at Wake Forest * L 18–279,000 [3]
October 3 vs. William & Mary W 20–1419,000 [4] [5]
October 10 Florida State * WSLS-TV L 6–715,000 [6]
October 17 vs. Virginia * W 40–1424,000 [7]
October 24 at Villanova * W 24–147,965 [8] [9]
October 31 Richmond Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA W 51–29[10]
November 7 at West Texas State * W 26–21[11]
November 14 at West Virginia W 12–08,000 [12]
November 26 vs. VMI Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry ) L 12–3727,500 [13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming
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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
^ "1959 Virginia Tech Hokies Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2024 .
^ "Long pass puts Pack over VPI" . Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel . September 20, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Deacs edge VPI, 27–18" . The Knoxville News-Sentinel . September 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fumbles help Tech win, 20–14" . The Progress-Index . October 4, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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 .
^ "Va. Tech loses gamble, Seminoles triumph, 7–6" . The Miami Herald . October 11, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "VPI downs Virginia by 40 to 14" . The Tampa Tribune . October 18, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Virginia Tech scores 17 in 4th to drop Villanova" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 25, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Techman tops 'Cats 24–14" . The Villanovan . Villanova University . October 29, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved February 12, 2017 .
^ "VPI whips UR, 51–29" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . November 1, 1959. Retrieved November 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "VPI rallies to edge West Texas" . The El Paso Times . November 8, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "VPI shatters 30-game W. Va. streak, 12–0" . Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel . November 15, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "VMI stuns VPI, 37–12, to capture SC crown" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . November 27, 1959. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "The Bugle 1960" (PDF) . Virginia Tech Bugle . 1960. p. 325. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .