1946 VMI Keydets football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1946
| team = VMI Keydets
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Conference
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 4–5–1
| conf_record = 3–3–1
| head_coach = Pooley Hubert
| hc_year = 10th
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Field
}}
{{1946 Southern Conference football standings}}
The 1946 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1946 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). In their tenth year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (3–3–1 against SoCon opponents) and was outscored by a total of 203 to 133.{{cite web |url=https://vmikeydets.com/sports/football/schedule/1946 |title=1946 VMI Keydets football schedule |work=VMI Athletics |access-date=January 3, 2022}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1946
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Catawba
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 21–7
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91778055/vmi-passes-beat-catawba/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=VMI passes beat Catawba|date=September 22, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = t
| away = y
| opponent = Richmond
| site_stadium = City Stadium
| site_cityst = Richmond, VA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–7
| attend = 13,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91779605/spiders-tie-vmi/|work=Richmond Times Dispatch|title=Spiders tie VMI|date=September 29, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| site_stadium = Grant Field
| site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
| score = 6–32
| attend = 25,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91779852/georgia-tech-crushes-vmk-by-326-marg/|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Georgia Tech crushes V.M.I. by 32–6 margin|date=October 6, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Virginia
| site_stadium = Scott Stadium
| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA
| score = 8–19
| attend = 16,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91780260/virginia-cavaliers-trounce-vmi-198/|work=The Bristol Herald Courier|title=Virginia Cavaliers trounce VMI, 19–8|date=October 13, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Davidson
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 25–0
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91780601/vmi-celebrates-homecoming-by-trampling-d/|work=The State|title=VMI celebrates homecoming by trampling Davidson, 25–0|date=October 20, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = William & Mary
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Cary Field
| site_cityst = Williamsburg VA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–41
| attend = 10,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91780880/wm-crushes-keydets-41-to-0-at-homecomin/|work=Daily Press|title=W&M crushes Keydets 41 to 0 at homecoming|date=October 27, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = NC State
| site_stadium = Victory Stadium
| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA
| score = 7–49
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91781175/state-beats-vmi-497-with-powerful-off/|work=The News and Observer|title=State beats VMI. 49–7, with powerful offensive|date=November 3, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Furman
| site_stadium = Sirrine Stadium
| site_cityst = Greenville, SC
| score = 26–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83866620/vmi-racks-up-267-victory-over-furman/|work=The Times-Dispatch|title=VMI racks up 26–7 victory over Furman|date=November 10, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = w
| opponent = The Citadel
| site_stadium = Alumni Field
| site_cityst = Lexington, VA
| score = 26–7
| gamename = Rivalry
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91781643/virginia-military-turns-back-citadel-26/|work=The Greenville News|title=Virginia Military turns back Citadel, 26 to 7|date=November 17, 1946|accessdate=January 3, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = VPI
| site_stadium = Victory Stadium
| site_cityst = Roanoke, VA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–20
| attend = 24,000–28,000
| source = {{Cite web|work=Virginia Tech Bugle|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1947/1947_BUGLE.pdf|title=The Bugle 1947|date=1947|page=184|access-date=January 23, 2016}}{{cite news |title=Tech Takes V.M.I. 20 to 7; Mills Make A.P. All-State|url=http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15821coll8/id/8997/rec/11|publisher=Virginia Military Institute|newspaper=The V.M.I. Cadet|date=December 2, 1946|page=3|access-date=February 2, 2016}}
}}
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