1916 VMI Keydets football team

1916 VMI Keydets football
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record 4–5 (1–5 SAIAA)
Head coach Frank Gorton (3rd year)
1916 SAIAA football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
VPI $ 4 0 0     7 2 0
Maryland State 4 0 0     6 2 0
Georgetown 2 0 0     8 1 0
Washington and Lee 1 0 0     5 2 2
North Carolina 3 1 0     5 4 0
Virginia 3 1 0     4 5 0
George Washington 2 1 0     3 3 1
Catholic 2 1 0     4 4 0
Davidson 1 2 0     5 3 1
Richmond 1 3 1     5 2 2
VMI 1 5 0     4 5 0
St. John's (MD) 0 1 0     0 1 0
William & Mary 0 2 1     2 5 2
Johns Hopkins 0 2 0     0 2 0
North Carolina A&M 0 4 0     2 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1916 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in their twenty-sixth season of organized football. Led by 3rd year head coach Frank Gorton, the Keydets went 4–5. [1] After a 3–0 start with 3 shutout victories, VMI would lose 5 out of their final 6 games with only 1 win.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 30 Hampden–Sydney VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA W 19–0   -
October 7 William & Mary VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA (Rivalry) W 66–0   -
October 14 Gallaudet VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA W 54–0   -
October 21 at Maryland College Park, MD L 9–15   -
October 28 at North Carolina Emerson Field • Chapel Hill, NC L 13–38   -
November 4 Catholic VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA L 14–16   -
November 11 vs. Clemson Richmond, VA W 37–7   -
November 18 Virginia VMI Parade Ground • Lexington, VA L 7–20   -
November 30 2:30pm[2] vs. VPI Fair Grounds[2]Roanoke, VA (Rivalry) L 14–23   5,000[3]
daggerHomecoming.

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References

  1. 1 2 VMI Football Record Book
  2. 1 2 "Football Enthusiasm Runs High in Roanoke". The World News. Library of Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. "Cadets are Defeated After Freakish Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Library of Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 9. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  4. The 1917 Bomb
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