Jump to content

1918 VMI Keydets football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1918 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record1–3 (0–2 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumVMI Parade Ground
Seasons
← 1917
1919 →
1918 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI $ 3 0 0 7 0 0
Davidson 2 0 0 2 1 1
Richmond 1 0 0 3 1 1
Maryland State 2 0 1 4 1 1
Johns Hopkins 0 0 1 0 0 1
NC State 0 1 0 1 3 0
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0 0 1 0
William & Mary 0 1 0 0 2 0
VMI 0 2 0 1 3 0
Washington and Lee 0 2 0 1 2 0
Georgetown 0 0 0 3 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1918 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1918 college football season as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In their second year under head coach Earl Abell, the team compiled an overall record of 1–3.[1]

Schedule

[edit]
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2Maryland State
L 6–7[2]
November 16at Newport News Navy*Norfolk, VAL 0–41[3]
November 23Gallaudet*
  • VMI Parade Ground
  • Lexington, VA
W 19–7[4]
November 28vs. VPI
L 0–6[5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "1918 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "State has the punch: Comes from behind and beats Virginia Military Institute". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tars triumph over V.M.I." The Commercial Appeal. November 17, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cadets take scalps of Gallaudet eleven". Richmond Times Dispatch. November 24, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "V.P.I. downs V.M.I." The State. November 29, 1918. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.