1926 VMI Keydets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1926
| team = VMI Keydets
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Conference
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 5–5
| conf_record = 2–4
| head_coach = Blandy Clarkson
| hc_year = 7th
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}{{1926 Southern Conference football standings}}
The 1926 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1926 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Blandy Clarkson, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5.{{cite web |url=https://vmikeydets.com/sports/football/schedule/1926 |title=1926 VMI Keydets football schedule |work=VMI Athletics |access-date=December 19, 2021}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1926|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 20–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90854440/wofford-eleven-suffers-defeat/|work=The Sunday Record|title=Wofford eleven suffers defeat|date=September 19, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Richmond
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 10–0
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90854592/flying-cadets-defeat-richmond-university/|work=The News and Observer|title=Flying Cadets defeat Richmond University|date=September 26, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Grant Field
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 0–13
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90854773/tech-beats-vmi/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Tech beats V.M.I.|date=October 3, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Roanoke
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 7–13
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90854925/roanoke-wins/|work=The Sunday Record|title=Roanoke wins|date=October 10, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = l
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 6–14
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90855100/cavaliers-too-much-for-vmi-taking-gam/|work=Daily Press|title=Cavaliers too much for V.M.I. taking game by touchdown|date=October 17, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = NC State
| site_stadium = Tate Field
| site_cityst = Richmond, VA
| score = 7–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Cadets defeat Carolina State in aerial dash|newspaper=Richmond Times Dispatch|date=October 24, 1926|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90855318/cadets-defeat-carolina-state-in-aerial-d/|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Davidson
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Lynchburg, VA
| score = 12–7
| source = {{cite news|title=Davidson loses to Flying Squadron, 12–7|newspaper=The Sunday Citizen|date=October 31, 1926|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90855633/davidson-loses-to-flying-squadron-127/|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = North Carolina
| site_stadium = Emerson Field
| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
| score = 0–28
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90855810/carolina-defeats-vmi/|work=The News and Observer|title=Carolina defeats V.M.I.|date=November 7, 1926|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Kentucky
| site_stadium = Laidley Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, WV
| score = 10–9
| source = {{cite news|title=Flying Squadron downs Kentucky|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=November 14, 1926|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90855957/flying-squadron-downs-kentucky/|accessdate=December 19, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = VPI
| site_stadium = Maher Field
| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–14
| source = {{cite news |title=Gobblers Defeat V.M.I. 14–7|url=http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15821coll8/id/4636/rec/11|publisher=Virginia Military Institute|newspaper=The Cadet|date=November 29, 1926|page=1|access-date=February 3, 2016}}
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