| Year: | 1956 |
| Team: | VPI Gobblers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 7–2–1 |
| Conf Record: | 3–0 |
| Head Coach: | Frank Moseley |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Miles Stadium |
The 1956 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 1956 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Frank Moseley the Gobblers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, and finished second in the SoCon. VPI played home games at Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
See also: 1956 NCAA University Division football rankings.
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.
The following coaches were members of the 1956 football team according to the roster published in the 1957 edition of The Bugle.