1935 VMI Keydets football team

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1935 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–7–1 (0–3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Duke $ 5 0 0 8 2 0
No. 12 North Carolina 4 1 0 8 1 0
Maryland 3 1 1 7 2 2
Clemson 2 1 0 6 3 0
VPI 3 3 1 4 3 2
NC State 2 2 0 6 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 3 1 3 4 1
Virginia 0 3 2 1 5 4
South Carolina 1 4 0 3 7 0
VMI 0 3 1 2 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1935 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their ninth year under head coach W. C. Raftery, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7–1.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21vs. Hampden–Sydney*Lynchburg, VAW 26–0[2]
September 28at Tulane*L 0–4415,000[3]
October 5at Columbia*L 0–12[4]
October 12Richmond*
L 6–135,000[5]
October 19Maryland
  • Alumni Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 0–6[6]
October 26at VirginiaT 0–08,000[7]
November 2at William & Mary*W 19–0[8]
November 9at North CarolinaL 0–567,000[9]
November 16Davidson*
  • Alumni Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 6–14[10]
November 28vs. VPI
L 6–1212,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1935 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Cadet laterals, passes trounce Tigers, 26 to 0". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 22, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tulane runs over V.M.I. Cadet team by 44 to 0 margin". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 29, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Columbia trips V.M.I. by 12–0 as Barabas stars". Brooklyn Times Union. October 6, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Richmond downs V.M.I." Chattanooga Daily Times. October 13, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "V.M.I. loses to Maryland". The Baltimore Sun. October 20, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "V.M.I. and Virginia battle to 0–0 tie". The Tampa Tribune. October 27, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "V.M.I. laterals feature contest". The Miami News. November 3, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tar Heels roll up 56–0 win". The News and Observer. November 10, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Davidson wins over Cadets in muddy battle". The Charlotte Observer. November 17, 1935. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Gobblers win state title by 12–6 Score". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. December 2, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved February 3, 2016.