American college football season
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 [ edit ] Preseason media poll [ edit ] 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) 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 [ edit ] The Keydets placed one player on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
2nd team
Brad Davis – OL
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. at Toledo * ESPN3 L 3–6624,136 September 8 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Wofford ESPN+ L 14–594,957 [a] 2:30 p.m. East Tennessee State ESPN+ L 24–272,764 September 22 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ L 50–5212,759 September 29 1:30 p.m. Mercer Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 L 38–483,251 October 13 2:00 p.m. at Samford ESPN+ L 22–734,163 October 20 1:30 p.m. The Citadel ESPN3 L 32–347,002 October 27 3:00 p.m. at Chattanooga ESPN+ L 27–348,201 November 3 1:30 p.m. Tusculum * Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN+ W 20–113,617 November 10 1:30 p.m. Furman Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN+ L 13–493,922 November 17 2:00 p.m. at Old Dominion * ESPN+ L 14–7720,118
Source: [3]
^ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up one day in anticipation of Hurricane Florence . Game summaries [ edit ] At Toledo [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 0 3 0 0 3 Rockets 21 21 21 3 66
At Wofford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 0 7 0 7 14 No. 8 Terriers 21 21 17 0 59
East Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 7 6 7 7 27 Keydets 0 17 7 0 24
At Western Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 14 10 13 13 50 Catamounts 14 7 21 10 52
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 13 14 14 7 48 Keydets 7 13 0 18 38
At Samford [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 9 13 0 0 22 Bulldogs 14 28 24 7 73
The Citadel [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 14 6 34 Keydets 7 7 6 12 32
At Chattanooga [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 14 7 0 6 27 Mocs 7 14 6 7 34
Tusculum [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 0 3 0 8 11 Keydets 0 7 7 6 20
1 2 3 4 Total Paladins 21 14 14 0 49 Keydets 7 0 0 6 13
At Old Dominion [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Keydets 0 0 14 0 14 Monarchs 21 28 14 14 77
References [ edit ]
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