1898 VMI Keydets football team

1898 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
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 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. 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 icon.
  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 icon.