1897 VMI Keydets football team

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1897 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
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
VMI     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[edit]

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

[1]

References[edit]

  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.