1898 VMI Keydets football team

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]

1898 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
1898 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Carolina   –  9 –0 –0
Central   –  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
Add-Ran   –  1 –3 –1
Maryland   –  2 –6 –1
Guilford   –  0 –3 –0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 15ColumbianLexington, VAW 33–0[2][3]
October 25at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 29–5
October 29RichmondLexington, VA (rivalry)W 16–0
November 5St. Alban'sLexington, VAW 22–5
November 123:52 p.m.vs. GeorgetownL 5–111,000[4][5]
November 24at NavyL 5–21

[1]

References

  1. 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.
  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.


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