1918 VMI Keydets football team

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1918 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–3 (0–2 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumVMI Parade Ground
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI $ 3 0 0 7 0 0
Davidson 2 0 0 2 1 1
Richmond 1 0 0 3 1 1
Maryland State 2 0 1 4 1 1
Johns Hopkins 0 0 1 0 0 1
NC State 0 1 0 1 3 0
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0 0 1 0
William & Mary 0 1 0 0 2 0
VMI 0 2 0 1 3 0
Washington and Lee 0 2 0 1 2 0
Georgetown 0 0 0 3 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1918 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1918 college football season as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In their second year under head coach Earl Abell, the team compiled an overall record of 1–3.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2Maryland State
L 6–7[2]
November 16at Newport News Navy*Norfolk, VAL 0–41[3]
November 23Gallaudet*
  • VMI Parade Ground
  • Lexington, VA
W 19–7[4]
November 28vs. VPI
L 0–6[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1918 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "State has the punch: Comes from behind and beats Virginia Military Institute". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tars triumph over V.M.I." The Commercial Appeal. November 17, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cadets take scalps of Gallaudet eleven". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 24, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "V.P.I. downs V.M.I." The State. November 29, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.