1940 VMI Keydets football team

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1940 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–2–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
No. 18 Duke 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
VMI 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1940 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1940 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 7–2–1.[1]

VMI was ranked at No. 85 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Roanoke*
W 33–04,500[3]
September 28at Duke
L 0–237,000[4]
October 5
Newberry*
W 13–01,500[5]
October 12at Davidson
W 13–77,000[6]
October 19at Virginia*
W 7–018,000[7]
October 26at Richmond
L 7–910,000[8]
November 2William & Mary
  • Alumni Field
  • Lexington, VA (rivalry)
T 0–06,000[9]
November 93:00 p.m.at Washington University*
W 20–132,500[10][11]
November 16vs. Maryland
W 20–01,500[12]
November 212:15 p.m.vs. VPI
W 14–021,000[13]

References

  1. ^ "1940 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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  13. ^ "VMI runs rough-shod over Tech 14 to 0". The V.M.I. Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 25, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2016.


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