2016 VMI Keydets football team


The 2016 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. It was VMI's 126th football season and the Keydets were led by second year head coach Scott Wachenheim. They played their home games at 10,000–seat Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium, as they have since 1962. This was VMI's third season as a member of the Southern Conference, after playing for 11 seasons in the Big South Conference. VMI was also a charter member of the Southern Conference, from 1921 through 2003. They finished the season 3–8, 1–7 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Schedule

at Akron

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
1–12011L 13–36

at Morehead State

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
2–12015W 43–40

at Bucknell

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
1–32015L 22–28

Mercer

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
1–12015W 28–21

East Tennessee State

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
8–132002L 21–35

at Samford

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
0–32015L 13–49

at Chattanooga

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
7–14–12015L 27–33

Furman

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
9–242015L 21–24

at Western Carolina

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
3–192015L 20–24

The Citadel

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
30–39–22015L 30–35

at Wofford

Overall recordPrevious meetingResult
10–92015L 20–41