2018 VMI Keydets football team

2018 VMI Keydets football
Conference Southern Conference
2018 record 0–5 (0–4 SoCon)
Head coach Scott Wachenheim (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tom Clark (4th season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Alumni Memorial Field
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 East Tennessee State  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 6 Wofford  3 –1     4 –2  
Mercer  2 –1     3 –3  
Furman  2 –1     2 –3  
Chattanooga  3 –2     5 –2  
Samford  2 –2     3 –4  
Western Carolina  1 –3     3 –3  
The Citadel  1 –3     1 –4  
VMI  0 –5     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 VMI Keydets football team represents the Virginia Military Institute in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It will be VMI's 128th football season. The Keydets are led by fourth-year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They play their home games at 10,000–seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference.

Previous season

The Keydets finished the 2017 season 0–11, 0–8 in SoCon play to finish in last place. This was VMI's fourth winless season and the first time they had gone winless since 2004.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Keydets predicted to finish in last place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Keydets also predicted to finish in last place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Toledo*
ESPN3L 3–6624,136
September 86:00 p.m.at No. 8 Wofford
ESPN+L 14–594,957
September 14[lower-alpha 1]2:30 p.m.East Tennessee State
ESPN+L 24–272,764
September 223:30 p.m.at Western Carollina
ESPN+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 Samford
ESPN+L 22–734,163
October 201:30 p.m.The Citadel
ESPN3
October 273:00 p.m.at Chattanooga
ESPN+
November 31:30 p.m.Tusculum*
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
ESPN+
November 101:30 p.m.Furman
  • Alumni Memorial Field
  • Lexington, VA
ESPN+
November 172:00 p.m.at Old Dominion*
ESPN+

Source:[3]

  1. ↑ This game was originally schedule 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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 7 0 7 14
No. 8 Terriers 21 21 17 0 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–11 2017 WOF, 45–14

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 6 7 7 27
Keydets 0 17 7 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–14 2017 ETSU, 24–6

at Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 14 10 13 13 50
Catamounts 14 7 21 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–20 2017 WCU, 26–7

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 13 14 14 7 48
Keydets 7 13 0 18 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2017 MERC, 49–14

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2017 SAM, 26–7

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Keydets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–40–2 2017 CIT, 21–3

at Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0
Mocs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–16–1 2017 CHAT, 63–7

Tusculum

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 0
Keydets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0
Keydets 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–25 2017 FUR, 42–10


at Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0
Monarchs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2017 ODU, 45–28

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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