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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9ColumbianLexington, VAW 14–4[2]
October 19at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
  • L 0–12[3]
    November 11at
    Roanoke
    • Athletic Park
    • Lexington, VA
    W 20–6
    November 20
    Hampden–Sydney
    Lexington, VAW 42–0
    November 25vs. St. Alban'sLynchburg, VAL 0–4

    [1]

    References

    1. ^ a b "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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