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List of VMI Keydets football seasons

Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium has served the Keydets' home contests since 1962

The following is a list of seasons completed by the VMI Keydets football team. Representing the Virginia Military Institute, the Keydets compete in the Southern Conference of the NCAA Division I. VMI competed in the SoCon for 79 years from 1924 to 2002, and moved to the Big South in 2003, but returned to the SoCon beginning in the 2014–2015 academic year.[1] The Keydets have played their home games out of 10,000-seat Alumni Memorial Field since 1962. The Keydets will be led beginning in 2023 by head coach Danny Rocco.

Though VMI played their first intercollegiate football game in 1873 against Washington and Lee University, the first official team was fielded in 1891 under coach Walter H. Taylor III. The program was successful early on, notching two undefeated seasons in 1894 and 1899, and another 9–0 campaign in 1920. VMI captured their first of seven conference titles in 1951 under head coach Tom Nugent with a 5–0 mark in SoCon play and a 7–3 record overall. The Keydets won 4 additional Southern Conference championships in a six-year span between 1957 and 1962 under the direction of John McKenna, who, to this day, is the all-time coaching wins leader at the Institute.

After playing as an independent, VMI joined the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1918. Following the league's disbandment in 1921, VMI joined the Southern Conference in 1924 where they would remain for 79 seasons until joining the Big South Conference in 2003. The Keydets will return to their roots in 2014, as it was announced they would rejoin the SoCon in May 2013.

VMI earned their first trip to the FCS playoffs since the subdivision's inception in 1978, as a result of being the 2020 Southern Conference Football Champions, accomplishing their first winning season since 1981.

Seasons

Legend

  Conference champions
  Division champions
   ^Bowl game berth / playoff result

List of VMI Keydets football seasons
Season Team Head coach[2] Conference Regular season results[3][4] Postseason results Final ranking[5]
Overall Conference Bowl game/Playoff result STATS Poll Coaches' Poll
Win Loss Tie Win Loss Tie Finish
VMI Keydets
1891 1891 Walter Taylor Independent 3 0 1
1892 1892 No coach 4 0 1
1893 1893 3 1 0
1894 1894 6 0 0
1895 1895 George W. Bryant 5 2 0
1896 1896 3 4 0
1897 1897 R. N. Groner 3 2 0
1898 1898 Samuel Boyle, Jr. 4 2 0
1899 1899[a] 1 0 0
1900 1900 Sam Walker 4 1 2
1901 1901 4 3 0
1902 1902 3 3 1
1903 1903 William Roper 2 1 0
1904 1904 3 5 0
1905 1905 Ira Johnson 2 5 1
1906 1906 4 4 0
1907 1907 Charles Roller 5 3 0
1908 1908 4 2 0
1909 1909 William C. Gloth 4 3 0
1910 1910 3 3 1
1911 1911 Alpha Brummage 7 1 0
1912 1912 6 1 0
1913 1913 Henry Poague 7 1 2
1914 1914 Frank Gorton 4 4 0
1915 1915 6 2 1
1916 1916 4 5 0
1917 1917 Earl Abell 4 4 1
1918 1918 Earl Abell
Mose Goodman
SAIAA 3 3 0
1919 1919 Red Fleming 6 2 0
1920 1920 Blandy Clarkson 9 0 0
1921 1921 3 5 1
1922 1922 Independent 7 2 0
1923 1923 9 1 0
1924 1924 Southern 6 3 1 2 3 1 13th
1925 1925 5 5 0 1 5 0 18th
1926 1926 5 5 0 2 4 0 15th
1927 1927 W. C. Raftery 6 4 0 2 4 0 16th
1928 1928 5 3 2 2 3 1 15th
1929 1929 8 2 0 4 2 0 7th
1930 1930 3 6 0 0 5 0 23rd
1931 1931 3 6 1 2 4 0 17th
1932 1932 2 8 0 1 4 0 18th
1933 1933 2 7 1 2 1 1 4th
1934 1934 1 8 0 0 5 0 10th
1935 1935 2 7 1 0 3 1 10th
1936 1936 6 4 0 5 2 0 4th
1937 1937 Allison Hubert 5 5 0 5 2 0 5th
1938 1938 6 1 4 4 0 3 4th
1939 1939 6 3 1 3 1 1 5th
1940 1940 7 2 1 3 2 1 7th
1941 1941 4 6 0 4 2 0 6th
1942 1942 3 5 1 2 4 1 10th
1943 1943 2 6 0 1 3 0 8th
1944 1944 1 8 0 1 5 0 8th
1945 1945 5 4 0 3 2 0 6th
1946 1946 4 5 1 3 3 1 8th
1947 1947 Arthur Morton 3 5 1 2 3 1 11th
1948 1948 6 3 0 5 1 0 3rd
1949 1949 Tom Nugent 3 5 1 2 3 1 6th
1950 1950 6 4 0 5 1 0 3rd
1951 1951 7 3 0 5 0 0 1st
1952 1952 3 6 1 2 3 1 9th
1953 1953 John McKenna 5 5 0 3 3 0 6th
1954 1954 4 6 0 4 3 0 5th
1955 1955 1 9 0 1 6 0 9th
1956 1956 3 6 1 2 3 1 5th
1957 1957 9 0 1 6 0 0 1st 20
1958 1958 6 2 2 2 2 1 4th
1959 1959 8 1 1 5 0 1 1st
1960 1960 7 2 1 4 1 0 1st
1961 1961 6 4 0 4 2 0 3rd
1962 1962 6 4 0 6 0 0 1st
1963 1963 3 5 2 3 1 2 3rd
1964 1964 1 9 0 1 4 0 9th
1965 1965 3 7 0 3 2 0 4th
1966 1966 Vito Ragazzo 2 8 0 1 3 0 8th
1967 1967 6 4 0 2 3 0 5th
1968 1968 1 9 0 1 4 0 7th
1969 1969 0 10 0 0 4 0 7th
1970 1970 1 10 0 1 4 0 7th
1971 1971 Bob Thalman 1 10 0 1 4 0 6th
1972 1972 2 9 0 1 5 0 6th
1973 1973 3 8 0 2 4 0 6th
1974 1974 7 4 0 4 1 0 1st
1975 1975 3 8 0 1 4 0 7th
1976 1976 5 5 0 2 4 0 7th
1977 1977 7 4 0 2 0 0 1st
1978 1978 3 8 0 0 3 0 6th
1979 1979 6 4 1 4 1 0 2nd
1980 1980 3 7 1 1 4 1 6th
1981 1981 6 3 1 3 1 1 2nd
1982 1982 5 6 0 2 3 0 6th
1983 1983 2 9 0 1 5 0 6th
1984 1984 1 9 0 1 4 0 8th
1985 1985 Eddie Williamson 3 7 1 1 4 1 7th
1986 1986 1 10 0 1 5 0 7th
1987 1987 4 7 0 2 4 0 5th
1988 1988 2 9 0 1 5 0 6th
1989 1989 Jim Shuck 2 8 1 1 4 1 7th
1990 1990 4 7 0 1 5 0 7th
1991 1991 4 7 0 2 5 0 6th
1992 1992 3 8 0 1 6 0 7th
1993 1993 1 10 0 1 7 0 9th
1994 1994 Bill Stewart 1 10 0 1 7 0 9th
1995 1995 4 7 0 3 5 0 6th
1996[b] 1996 3 8 2 6 7th
1997 1997 Ted Cain 0 11 0 8 9th
1998 1998 1 10 0 8 9th
1999 1999 Cal McCombs 1 10 0 8 9th
2000 2000 2 9 1 7 9th
2001 2001 1 10 1 7 9th
2002 2002 6 6 3 5 6th
2003 2003 Big South 6 6 2 2 3rd
2004 2004 0 11 0 4 5th
2005 2005 3 8 2 2 4th
2006 2006 Jim Reid 1 10 0 4 5th
2007 2007 2 9 0 4 5th
2008 2008 Sparky Woods 4 7 1 4 6th
2009 2009 2 9 1 5 6th
2010 2010 3 8 2 4 5th
2011 2011 2 9 2 4 6th
2012 2012 2 9 1 5 6th
2013 2013 2 10 1 4 6th
2014 2014 Southern 2 10 1 6 8th
2015 2015 Scott Wachenheim 2 9 1 6 8th
2016 2016 3 8 1 7 9th
2017 2017 0 11 0 8 9th
2018 2018 1 10 0 8 9th
2019 2019 5 7 4 4 4th
2020[c] 2020 6 2 6 1 1st NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs – First Round  ^ 12 12
2021 2021 6 5 4 4 T–4th
2022 2022 1 10 0 8 9th
2023 2023 Danny Rocco 5 6 4 4 T–5th
Totals All-time:
497–737–42
(.406)
Conference:
202–372–23
(.358)
  Postseason:
0–1
(.000)
 

Notes

  1. ^ The season was cut short due to an outbreak of typhoid fever within the school, and all students were subsequently sent home.
  2. ^ Overtime rules were added to college football in 1996, thereby eliminating ties.
  3. ^ The Fall 2020 SoCon season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league play resuming in a shortened Spring 2021 season.

References

  1. ^ "VMI, ETSU, Mercer to join SoCon". ESPN. Associated Press. May 30, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Virginia Military Institute Yearly Totals". College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Southern Conference Annual Leaders & History
  5. ^ "Virginia Military Institute In the Polls". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 24, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2013.

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