1898 VMI Keydets football team

1898 VMI Keydets football
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1898 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina   –   9 – 0 – 0
Central (KY)   –   3 – 0 – 1
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
Navy   –   7 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   6 – 1 – 0
Marshall   –   4 – 1 – 0
Georgetown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M   –   4 – 2 – 0
  –   4 – 2 – 0
Arkansas Industrial   –   2 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   2 – 1 – 2
VPI   –   3 – 2 – 0
Virginia   –   6 – 5 – 0
Richmond   –   3 – 3 – 1
Davidson   –   1 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   1 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   1 – 2 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 2
Columbian   –   3 – 6 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 0
Add-Ran   –   1 – 3 – 1
Maryland   –   2 – 6 – 1
Guilford   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1898 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their eighth season of organized football. Under first-year head coach Sam Boyle.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15ColumbianLexington, VAW 33–0[2][3]
October 25at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 29–5
October 29RichmondLexington, VA (rivalry)W 16–0
November 5St. Alban'sLexington, VAW 22–5
November 123:52 p.m.vs. GeorgetownL 5–111,000[4][5]
November 24at NavyL 5–21

[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 2010 VMI Football Record Book
  2. ^ "Virginia victorious - Columbian University defeated by a score of 33 to 0". The Washington Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Columbia outclassed - The V.M.I. Cadets defeat the big Washingtonians easily". Lexington Gazette. October 19, 1898. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "V. M. I. Cadets And Georgetown". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 12, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Blue And Gray Triumph". The Washington Times. Washington, D.C. November 13, 1898. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.