1897 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
1897 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

  1. 1 2 "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.


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