1939 VMI Keydets football team

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1939 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Clemson 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
VMI 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Richmond 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
Furman 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
VPI 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1939 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1939 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their third year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 6–3–1.[1]

VMI was ranked at No. 68 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Roanoke*
W 41–02,000[3]
September 30at Kentucky*
L 0–215,000[4]
October 7vs. Davidson
W 2–02,500[5]
October 14at
Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
    		• W 20–135,000[6]
    October 21Virginia*
    • Alumni Field
    • Lexington, VA
    		W 16–139,000[7]
    October 28at Columbia*
    		L 7–2612,000[8]
    November 4at Richmond
    		T 0–015,000[9]
    November 11No. 15 Duke
    • Alumni Field
    • Lexington, VA
    		L 7–2012,000[10]
    November 18vs. Maryland
    		W 13–0[11]
    November 23vs. VPI
    		W 19–720,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1939 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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    8. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 29, 1939). "Columbia defeats V.M.I. by 26 to 7". The New York Times. p. S1.
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