1947_VMI_Keydets_football_team

1947 VMI Keydets football team

American college football season

The 1947 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Arthur Morton, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record (2–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in 11th place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 152 to 120.^[1]

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VMI was ranked at No. 98 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Lexington, Virginia.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Catawba*	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 13–6	4,000	^[3]
October 4	George Washington	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 13–7		^[4]
October 11	at No. 4 Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–20	25,000	^[5]
October 18	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	L 20–21	8,000	^[6]
October 25	No. 13 Virginia	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	L 6–35	12,000	^[7]
November 1	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	T 14–14		^[8]
November 8	at No. 15 William & Mary	Cary Field Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	L 20–28	8,000	^[9]
November 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (rivalry)	L 6–7	6,700	^[10]
November 27	vs. Virginia Tech	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA (rivalry)	W 28–14	29,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 14 William & Mary $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 9 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
South Carolina	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Duke	3	–	1	–	1	4	–	3	–	2
Washington and Lee	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Maryland	3	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
No. 17 NC State	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
VPI	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Davidson	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Clemson	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Richmond	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
George Washington	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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