Military Classic of the South

Military Classic of the South
The Citadel Bulldogs
VMI Keydets
Sport Football
First meeting 1920
VMI 35, The Citadel 0
Latest meeting October 28, 2017
The Citadel 21, VMI 3
Next meeting 2018
at Lexington, Virginia
Trophy Silver Shako
Statistics
Meetings total 73
All-time series The Citadel leads, 41–30–2
Largest victory The Citadel, 50–0 (1992)
Longest win streak The Citadel, 11 (2003–present)
Current win streak The Citadel, 11 (2003–present)

The Military Classic of the South is an American college football rivalry game played by The Citadel Bulldogs football team of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and the VMI Keydets football team of the Virginia Military Institute.[1] The teams first played in 1920, but the trophy that is currently awarded, the Silver Shako, was introduced in 1976.[2] Today, the Citadel's football team consists of cadets and some 5th year senior grad students, while VMI's teams are cadets only.[3] The game has been played nearly continuously since World War II, with no matchup in 1956, 2004, and 2008–2010. Through 2017, The Citadel Bulldogs have won the past eleven meetings and fifteen of the last seventeen; they lead the series 41–30–2. At one point in 1967, the Keydets led the series 18–8–1.The Military Classic is the thirteenth oldest still-played rivalry in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the NCAA. Both teams were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon) from 1936 until 2003, when VMI left for the Big South Conference and were reunited in the SoCon when VMI returned in 2014.[4][5]

The 73rd and most recent game of the series saw The Citadel defeat VMI 21–3 at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

With the return of VMI to the SoCon, annual rivalries have been renewed in college baseball, women's soccer, track and field, and cross country. VMI remained in the SoCon in wrestling, and continued to compete annually with The Citadel in that sport while a full member of the Big South. The Bulldogs and Keydets both participated in the All-Military Classic basketball tournament, which began while VMI was a member of the Big South and concluded after four years with the two schools back in the Southern Conference.

Game results

The Citadel victoriesVMI victoriesTie games

Other varsity sports

Sport Last Matchup All-Time Series
Date Location Winner Score Attendance Leader Record
Baseball March 24, 2017 Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC The Citadel 3–0 505 The Citadel 80–31
March 25, 2017 Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC VMI 4–1 553
March 26, 2017 Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park • Charleston, SC The Citadel 4–2 515
May 23, 2017[lower-alpha 1] Fluor Field at the West End • Greenville, SC VMI 8–0 1,100
Basketball January 21, 2018 Cameron Hall • Lexington, VA VMI 88–81 3,500 The Citadel 57–53
February 17, 2018 McAlister Field House • Charleston, SC VMI 75–71 3,213
March 2, 2018[lower-alpha 2] U.S. Cellular Center • Asheville, NC The Citadel 78–70 1,200
Women's Soccer October 20, 2017 Patchin Field • Lexington, VA VMI 1–0 150 VMI 7–3
Wrestling January 27, 2018 McAlister Field House • Charleston, SC VMI 19–17 N/A VMI 40–29
  1. ↑ SoCon Tournament
  2. ↑ SoCon Tournament

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SoCon Football Week 10: A Historical Sketch of the 'Battle For The Silver Shako'". Medium.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Kara, Klein,. "Virginia Military Institute (VMI) vs The Citadel football - The Citadel - Charleston, SC". www.citadel.edu.
  3. ↑ Jeff Hartsell (November 5, 2015). "VMI and The Citadel: The same, but different". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "CSTV Adds VMI-Citadel "Military Classic of the South" To Fall Football Line-Up". Big South Conference. July 11, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. ↑ "VMI, Citadel play their 'Classic'". USA Today. November 15, 2002. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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