The 1985 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the

1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season The 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1985, and concluded with the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA ...

. In their first year under head coach

Eddie Williamson Eddie Williamson (born December 11, 1951) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was the 24th head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia Lexington is an independent city in the Com ...

, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, placing seventh in the SoCon. Williamson was hired from Georgia in December 1984 to succeed

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 ...

as head coach of the Keydets.

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