1897 VMI Keydets football team

1897 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
1897 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 0 – 1
Navy   –   8 – 1 – 0
Virginia   –   6 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   3 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee   –   3 – 1 – 0
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 0
North Carolina   –   7 – 3 – 0
  –   3 – 2 – 0
Guilford   –   2 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 4 – 1
Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   4 – 5 – 1
Richmond   –   3 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0
Texas A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 5 – 1
William & Mary   –   0 – 1 – 0
Marshall   –   0 – 3 – 0
South Carolina   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1897 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their seventh season of organized football. The Keydets went 3–2 under first-year head coach R. N. Groner.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9ColumbianLexington, VAW 14–4[2]
October 19at VanderbiltL 0–12[3]
November 11at Roanoke
  • Athletic Park
  • Lexington, VA
W 20–6
November 20Hampden–SydneyLexington, VAW 42–0
November 25vs. St. Alban'sLynchburg, VAL 0–4

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References

  1. ^ a b "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "Football games". The Norfolk Virginian. October 10, 1897. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt's game, local collegians defeat the V.M.I. boys by a score of 12 to 0". The Nashville American. October 20, 1897. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.