1891 VMI Keydets football team

1891 VMI Keydets football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–0–1
Head coach	Walter Taylor (1st season)

1891 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Trinity (NC)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Wake Forest			–					1	–	0	–	0
VMI			–					3	–	0	–	1
Vanderbilt			–					3	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Virginia			–					2	–	1	–	2
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Kentucky State College			–					1	–	1	–	0
Georgetown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Sewanee			–					1	–	2	–	0
Central (KY)			–					0	–	1	–	0
Furman			–					0	–	1	–	0
Tennessee			–					0	–	1	–	0
West Virginia			–					0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					0	–	2	–	0
Mercer			–					0	–	2	–	0
North Carolina			–					0	–	2	–	0
Richmond			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1891 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their first season of organized football. In 1873, however, VMI played Washington and Lee in their only game of the season, losing 4–2. No coaching or player records are known from that game.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 31	Washington and Lee	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 6–0
November 11	Washington and Lee	Unknown Lexington, VA	T 0–0
November 12	St. John's (MD)	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 18–0
November 20	at Pantops Academy	Unknown Charlottesville, VA	W 28–12

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References

1. Virginia Military Institute Game by Game Results Archived October 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF).
3. Virginia Military Institute (September 13, 1895). "Bomb". Virginia Military Institute – via Internet Archive.