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1893 VMI Keydets Football Team
The 1893 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their third season of organized football. VMI went 3-1, suffering their first loss in the short team history. Schedule References VMI VMI Keydets football seasons VMI Keydets football The VMI Keydets football team represents the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The Keydets compete in the Southern Conference of the NCAA Division I FCS, and are coached by Danny Rocco, named head coach on December 3, 2022. VMI p ...
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Virginia Military Institute
la, Consilio et Animis (on seal) , mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal) , established = , type = Public senior military college , accreditation = SACS , endowment = $696.8 million (2021) , superintendent = Cedric T. Wins , faculty = 143 full-time and 55 part-time (Fall 2019) , students = 1,685 , city = Lexington , state = Virginia , country = United States , pushpin_map = Shenandoah Valley#USA Virginia#USA , pushpin_map_caption = Location in Shenandoah Valley##Location in Virginia##Location in United States , coordinates = , campus = Distant Town , campus_size= , colors = Red, Yellow, & White , nickname = Keydets , mascot = Moe the Kangaroo , sporting_affiliations = , website = , logo = Virginia Military Institute full logo.png , logo_size = 150 , free_label=Newspaper , free='' The Cadet'' Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is a public senior military college in Lexington, Virginia. It was ...
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Lexington, Virginia
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Lexington (along with nearby Buena Vista) with Rockbridge County for statistical purposes. Lexington is about east of the West Virginia border and is about north of Roanoke, Virginia. It was first settled in 1778. Lexington is the location of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and of Washington and Lee University (W&L). City Council History Lexington was named in 1778. It was the first of what would be many American places named after Lexington, Massachusetts, known for being the place at which the first shot was fired in the American Revolution. The Union General David Hunter led a raid on Virginia Military Institute during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are buried in the city ...
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1893 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team
The 1893 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1893 college football season. They played seven games with a final record of 3–4. The team captain for the 1893 season was A. S. Bernard. William J. "Yup" Cook (Princeton '89) was hired as the first full-time coach. This was the first Carolina football team to wear the varsity sweater with the familiar monogram 'NC'. Schedule References North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels football seasons North Carolina Tar Heels football The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate ...
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1893 Richmond Spiders Football Team
The 1893 Richmond Colts football team was an American football team that represented Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—as an independent during the 1893 college football season. Dana Rucker returned for his second year as head coach, having helmed the team in 1891. Richmond compiled a record of 3–2. Schedule References {{Richmond Spiders football navbox Richmond Richmond Spiders football seasons Richmond Spiders football Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...
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Richmond–VMI Football Rivalry
The Richmond–VMI football rivalry is a college football rivalry played between the VMI Keydets and the Richmond Spiders, representing the Virginia Military Institute and University of Richmond, respectively. The series began in 1893, two years after VMI fielded its first football team in 1891, and three years after Richmond's first football team was formed in 1890. Aside from one year in 1992 in which the game was played in Norfolk, Virginia, the series has always been played at either VMI or Richmond. History Founded in 1839 on the site of the Lexington state arsenal, the Virginia Military Institute, the nation's oldest state-supported military college, first began football in 1873 which featured a one-game season, though the first official team was not fielded until 18 years later in 1891. The Keydets play their home games at 10,000-seat Alumni Memorial Field, their home since 1962. The University of Richmond, a private, nonsectarian university, was founded in 1830 as ...
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1893 Virginia Orange And Blue Football Team
The 1893 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent during the 1893 college football season. Led by first-year coach Johnny Poe, the team went 8–3 and claims a Southern championship. Schedule References {{Independent southern football champions Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ... Virginia Cavaliers football seasons Virginia Orange and Blue football ...
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1893 College Football Season
The 1893 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1893–94 academic year. The 1893 Princeton Tigers football team, led by captain Thomas Trenchard, compiled a perfect 11–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 270 to 14, and has been recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation. Despite Yale's loss to Princeton, one selector ( Parke H. Davis) recognized the Bulldogs as the national champion. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp to the 1893 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard). Seven of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Philip King, fullback Charley Brewer (Harvard), end Frank Hinkey (Yale), tackle Marshall Newell (Harvard), tackle Langdon Lea (Princeton), gu ...
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VMI Keydets Football Seasons
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. 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 ...
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