1993 VMI Keydets football team

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1993 VMI Keydets football
Conference Southern Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Alumni Memorial Field
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^ 7 1 010 3 0
No. 9 Marshall ^ 6 2 011 4 0
Western Carolina 5 3 06 5 0
Furman 4 4 05 5 1
The Citadel 4 4 07 5 0
Appalachian State 4 4 04 7 0
East Tennessee State 3 5 05 6 0
Chattanooga 2 6 04 7 0
VMI 1 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jim Shuck, the team compiled an overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing ninth in the SoCon. [1] Shuck was fired in December. He compiled a record of 14–40–1 during his tenure of head coach of the Keydets from 1989 through 1993. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4at Richmond *L 14–389,842 [3]
September 18 East Tennessee State L 7–108,137 [4]
September 25at Army *L 9–3132,441 [5]
October 2vs. No. 18 William & Mary *L 6–4914,000 [6]
October 9at No. 5 Marshall L 0–5119,187 [7]
October 16 Chattanooga
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
W 35–29 2OT7,200 [8]
October 23No. 6 Georgia Southern
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 0–575,600 [9]
October 30at Furman L 0–2410,709 [10]
November 6at No. 20 Western Carolina L 14–3810,116 [11]
November 13at The Citadel L 33–3418,213 [12]
November 20 Appalachian State
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
L 21–353,533 [13]

References

  1. "1993 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. "Keydets fire Shuck". The Daily News Leader. December 8, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Richmond takes advantage of VMI errors". Daily Press. September 5, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Buccaneers grind out 10–7 victory on road". Johnson City Press. September 19, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Cadets take advantage of VMI mistakes". The Daily Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "No pearl in this Oyster Bowl". Daily Press. October 3, 1993. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Marshall 51–0". The Greenville News. October 10, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "VMI outlasts Mocs for rare win". Johnson City Press. October 17, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Georgia Southern clobbers VMI". The Charlotte Observer. October 24, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "FU: A nice, dull win". The Greenville News. October 31, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Western rolls over Keydets". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 7, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Bulldogs can't hold on, then do against VMI". The State. November 14, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Appalachian State rallies for 35–21 win over VMI". The Courier-Journal. November 21, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.