The 1979 VMI Keydets football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented the

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(VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the

1979 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the Alabama Crimson Tide bring home a national title with a perfect 12–0 season. The title was Alabama's 11th claimed, and their 6th Associated Press awarded title. This was an extremely dominant ...

. In their ninth year under head coach

Bob Thalman Robert Joseph Thalman (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2012) was an American football and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1956 to 1959 and at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1971 to 1 ...

, the team compiled an overall record of 6–4–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the SoCon.

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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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