The 1952 VPI 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 1952 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, and finished sixth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	8:00 p.m.	vs. Marshall*	Bluefield Municipal Stadium Bluefield, WV	W 19–14		[1]
September 20		at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 27–14		[2]
September 27		at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 14–7	8,000	[3]
October 4		vs. No. 16 Virginia*	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 0–42	15,000	[4]
October 11	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 Alabama*	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–33	16,000	[5][6]
October 18		George Washington	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 0–6	11,000	[7]
October 25	2:00 p.m.	at Washington and Lee	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	L 27–34	7,000	[8][9]
November 1	2:30 p.m.	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 20–2		[10]
November 8		William & Mary	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	L 15–35	6,000	[11]
November 15		at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 7–27		[12]
November 27		vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 26–7	25,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

The following players were members of the 1952 football team according to the roster published in the 1953 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[15]