1898 VMI Keydets football team

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1898 VMI Keydets football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Seasons
  1897
1899  
1898 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
VMI   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 15 Columbian Lexington, VA W 33–0 [2] [3]
October 25at Washington and Lee Lexington, VAW 29–5
October 29 Richmond Lexington, VA (rivalry)W 16–0
November 5St. Alban'sLexington, VAW 22–5
November 123:52 p.m.vs. Georgetown L 5–111,000 [4] [5]
November 24at Navy L 5–21

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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 logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  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 logo PLoS transparent.svg .