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American college football season

2018 VMI Keydets football
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ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–10 (0–8 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Clark (4th season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumAlumni Memorial Field
Seasons← 20172019 →
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Wofford +^   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^   6 – 2     8 – 4  
Furman +   6 – 2     6 – 4  
Samford   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Chattanooga   4 – 4     6 – 5  
The Citadel   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Mercer   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Western Carolina   1 – 7     3 – 8  
VMI   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 128th football season. The Keydets were led by fourth-year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They played their home games at 10,000–seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 1–10, 0–8 in SoCon play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Keydets predicted to finish in last place. The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Keydets also predicted to finish in last place.

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 204 (20)
2 Furman 174 (2)
3 Wofford 163 (1)
4 Mercer 133
5 Western Carolina 114
6 Chattanooga 88
7 The Citadel 83
8 East Tennessee State 53
9 VMI 23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Samford 63 (7)
2 Wofford 53 (1)
3 Furman 52 (1)
4 Western Carolina 39
5 Chattanooga 34
6 Mercer 32
7 The Citadel 28
8 East Tennessee State 15
9 VMI 8

Preseason All-SoCon teams

The Keydets placed one player on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Offense

2nd team

Brad Davis – OL

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Toledo*ESPN3L 3–6624,136
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 8 WoffordESPN+L 14–594,957
September 142:30 p.m.East Tennessee StateESPN+L 24–272,764
September 223:30 p.m.at Western CarolinaESPN+L 50–5212,759
September 291:30 p.m.Mercer
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
ESPN3L 38–483,251
October 132:00 p.m.at SamfordESPN+L 22–734,163
October 201:30 p.m.The CitadelESPN3L 32–347,002
October 273:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaESPN+L 27–348,201
November 31:30 p.m.Tusculum*
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
ESPN+W 20–113,617
November 101:30 p.m.Furman
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
ESPN+L 13–493,922
November 172:00 p.m.at Old Dominion*ESPN+L 14–7720,118

Source:

  1. This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up one day in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

At Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 3 0 0 3
Rockets 21 21 21 3 66
See also: 2018 Toledo Rockets football team

At Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 7 0 7 14
No. 8 Terriers 21 21 17 0 59
See also: 2018 Wofford Terriers football team

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 6 7 7 27
Keydets 0 17 7 0 24
See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

At Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 14 10 13 13 50
Catamounts 14 7 21 10 52
See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 13 14 14 7 48
Keydets 7 13 0 18 38
See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

At Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 9 13 0 0 22
Bulldogs 14 28 24 7 73
See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 7 14 6 34
Keydets 7 7 6 12 32
See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team and Military Classic of the South

At Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 14 7 0 6 27
Mocs 7 14 6 7 34
See also: 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

Tusculum

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0 3 0 8 11
Keydets 0 7 7 6 20

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 14 14 0 49
Keydets 7 0 0 6 13
See also: 2018 Furman Paladins football team

At Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 0 14 0 14
Monarchs 21 28 14 14 77
See also: 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team

References

  1. "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
  2. "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".
  3. "Football - Schedule - VMIKeydets.com - The Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics". www.vmikeydets.com.
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