1953 VMI Keydets football team
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 5–5 (3–3 SoCon) |
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Home stadium | Alumni Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 West Virginia $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VPI | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington and Lee | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1953 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their first year under head coach John McKenna, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | Catawba* |
| W 44–0 | 3,000 | [2] |
September 26 | George Washington |
| L 13–14 | 4,500 | [3] |
October 3 | at Richmond | L 7–13 | 10,000 | [4] | |
October 10 | at The Citadel | W 14–0 | 5,000 | [5] | |
October 17 | at Virginia* | W 21–6 | 18,000 | [6] | |
October 24 | at No. 8 West Virginia | L 20–52 | 23,000 | [7] | |
October 31 | at Florida State* | L 7–12 | 14,000 | [8] | |
November 7 | vs. William & Mary | W 20–19 | [9] | ||
November 14 | at Cincinnati* | L 0–67 | 16,000 | [10] | |
November 26 | vs. VPI |
| W 28–13 | 26,000 | [11][12] |
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References
- ^ "1953 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Mapp leads VMI to 44–0 victory over Catawba". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 20, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gasperi's two placements spoil VMI's homecoming". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 27, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Richmond trips VMI by 13 to 7". Richmond Times Dispatch. October 4, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ""Eel-like" running is feature of VMI win". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 11, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VMI upsets Virginia by 21 to 6". The Tampa Tribune. October 18, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WVU slaughters VMI 52 to 20 in homecoming tilt". The Raleigh Register. October 25, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Seminoles trip VMI". The Orlando Sentinel. November 1, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VMI rallies in last 56 seconds to upset William and Mary, 20–19". Daily Press. November 8, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UC runs wild again, walloping VMI, 67–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 15, 1953. Retrieved January 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "VMI plays host to Gobblers at Victory Stadium on Thursday". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 23, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Flying Squadron wallops V.P.I. Hokies 28-to-13". The Cadet. Virginia Military Institute. November 30, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved July 21, 2017.