1894 VMI Keydets football team

1894 VMI Keydets football
1894 VMI Keydets football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0
Head coach	None;
	Seasons ← 1893 1895 →

The 1894 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their fourth season of organized football. The Keydets compiled a 6–0 record, the first undefeated season in team history.^[1]

1894 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
VMI		–		6	–	0	–	0
Hampden–Sydney		–		1	–	0	–	0
Tennessee		–		2	–	0	–	2
Vanderbilt		–		7	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss		–		6	–	1	–	0
Texas		–		6	–	1	–	0
Georgia		–		5	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College		–		5	–	1	–	0
VAMC		–		4	–	1	–	0
Virginia		–		8	–	2	–	0
Centre		–		3	–	1	–	0
Alabama		–		3	–	1	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	1	–	2
North Carolina		–		6	–	3	–	0
Arkansas		–		2	–	1	–	0
LSU		–		2	–	1	–	0
West Virginia		–		2	–	2	–	0
Texas A&M		–		1	–	1	–	0
Delaware		–		1	–	1	–	0
Georgetown		–		4	–	5	–	0
Sewanee		–		3	–	4	–	0
Auburn		–		1	–	3	–	0
Johns Hopkins		–		1	–	4	–	1
Richmond		–		0	–	4	–	2
Centenary		–		0	–	1	–	0
Trinity (NC)		–		0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary		–		0	–	1	–	0
North Carolina A&M		–		0	–	2	–	0
South Carolina		–		0	–	2	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		0	–	3	–	0
Tulane		–		0	–	4	–	0

Schedule edit

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 13	St. Albans	Unknown	W 44–0
October 16	Washington and Lee	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 4–0
November 3	Hampton Athletic Club	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 48–0
November 21	Roanoke	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 16–0
November 29	vs. VAMC	Unknown Staunton, VA (rivalry)	W 10–6	1,500^[2]
Unknown	Washington and Lee	Unknown Lexington, VA	W 16–0

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Roster edit

Ends edit

Name	Position	Class
Miles C. Selden	Right end	1895
J. S. Jones	Left end	1895

Guards edit

Name	Position	Class
S. T. Stratton	Right end	1898
Richard N. Poindexter	Left end	1895

Tackles edit

Name	Position	Class
G. Serpell	Right tackle	1895
Charles E. Michel, Jr.	Left tackle	1896

Centers edit

Name	Position	Class
Peyton B. Locker	Center	1896

Backs edit

Name	Position	Class
Sidney Foster	Quarterback	1897
Charles C. Dickinson	Left half-back	1896
Edwin A. Hickman	Right half-back	1895
John D. Twiggs	Fullback	1895

Substitutes edit

Name	Class
A. J. Vaughan	1895
J. B. McCaw	1895
William A. Peterson	1895
Richard B. Lawson	1897
A. B. Taylor	1895
J. M. Baird	1897
Henry A. Wise	1895
William J. Twiggs	1897
H. McMullen	1898

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References edit

^ ^a ^b "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved September 13, 2018.
^ "Virginia Institute 10; Blacksburg 6". The New York Times. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Virginia Military Institute (September 13, 1895). "Bomb". Virginia Military Institute – via Internet Archive.

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[VMI-1] "2010 VMI Football Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved September 13, 2018.

[vmi-2] "Virginia Institute 10; Blacksburg 6". The New York Times. November 30, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[virginia1-3] Virginia Military Institute (September 13, 1895). "Bomb". Virginia Military Institute – via Internet Archive.

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