The 1953 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 1953 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished ted for fifth in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	8:00 p.m.	vs. Marshall*	Bluefield Municipal Stadium Bluefield, WV	W 7–0		[1]
September 26		at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	W 20–6	20,000	[2]
October 3		at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 13–20	10,000	[3]
October 10		Richmond	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 21–7		[4]
October 17		at William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA	L 7–13	12,500	[5]
October 24		Washington and Lee	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	W 32–12	11,000	[6][7]
October 30		vs. The Citadel	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 22–0	4,000	[8]
November 7	1:45 p.m.	vs. West Virginia	Bluefield Municipal Stadium Bluefield, WV (rivalry)	L 7–12	12,300	[9]
November 13		at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	L 0–26	17,000	[10]
November 26	1:00 p.m.	vs. VMI	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	L 13–28	26,000	[11][12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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The following players were members of the 1953 football team according to the roster published in the 1954 edition of The Bugle, the Virginia Tech yearbook.^[6]