1897 VMI Keydets football team

The 1897 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their seventh season of organized football. The Keydets went 3–2 under first-year head coach R. N. Groner.[1]

1897 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2
Head coach
1897 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oklahoma    2 0 0
Arkansas    2 0 1
Navy    8 1 0
Virginia    6 2 1
Add-Ran    3 1 0
Washington and Lee    3 1 0
VPI    5 2 0
North Carolina    7 3 0
VMI    3 2 0
Guilford    2 1 0
West Virginia    5 4 1
Columbian    4 5 1
Davidson    1 1 0
Richmond    3 5 0
North Carolina A&M    1 2 0
Texas A&M    1 2 0
Delaware    1 5 1
William & Mary    0 1 0
Marshall    0 3 0
South Carolina    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 9ColumbianLexington, VAW 14–4[2]
October 23at VanderbiltL 0–12
November 11at Roanoke
  • Athletic Park
  • Lexington, VA
W 20–6
November 20Hampden–SydneyLexington, VAW 42–0
November 25vs. St. Alban'sLynchburg, VAL 0–4

[1]

References

  1. "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  2. "Football games". The Norfolk Virginian. October 10, 1897. Retrieved February 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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