1971 VMI Keydets football team
American college football season
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The 1971 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Bob Thalman, the team compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing sixth in the SoCon.[1] After serving as a defensive assistant under Vito Ragazzo for two years, Thalman was promoted to head coach of the Keydets in December 1970.[2]
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–10 (1–4 SoCon)
Headcoach
- Bob Thalman (1st season)
HomestadiumAlumni Memorial Field
| 1971 VMI Keydets football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 1–10 (1–4 SoCon) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Memorial Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Davidson | W 27–3 | 5,500 | [3] | ||
| September 25 | 1:30 p.m. | at Villanova* | L 3–13 | 13,324 | [4] | |
| October 2 | at Furman | L 0–14 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | The Citadel |
| L 24–25 | 7,500 | [6] | |
| October 16 | at Richmond | L 6–21 | 10,000 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | at William & Mary | L 7–12 | 8,000 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | at Maryland* | L 0–38 | 22,300 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | at Southern Miss* | L 0–38 | 12,400 | [10] | ||
| November 13 | at West Virginia* | L 3–28 | 24,000 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | Chattanooga* |
| L 8–31 | 3,500 | [12][13] | |
| November 27 | vs. Virginia Tech* | L 0–34 | 5,500 | [14] | ||
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