1943 VMI Keydets football team

1943 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1943 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 2–6.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Temple*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–27	10,000	^[2]
October 2	Davidson	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	W 13–0	3,000	^[3]
October 9	vs. Clemson	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	W 12–7	5,000	^[4]
October 16	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA (rivalry)	L 0–27	4,000	^[5]
October 23	vs. Wake Forest	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 0–21	3,000	^[6]
October 30	Virginia*	Alumni Field Lexington, VA	L 0–34	2,500	^[7]
November 13	vs. Georgia*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–46	5,000	^[8]
November 25	vs. Maryland	Victory Stadium Roanoke, VA	L 14–21	7,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game

^ "1943 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
^ "10,000 see Temple eleven win, 27–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "VMI Cadets beat Davidson by 13–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 3, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "V.M.I. wins thriller from Clemson, 12–7". The Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Richmond's Spiders knock VMI out of conference lead, 27–0". Daily News. October 17, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wake Forest relies on breaks to lick V.M.I., 21 To 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. Associated Press. October 24, 1943. p. 15. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Virginia overwhelms VMI Keydets by 34–0". The Daily News Leader. October 31, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cook runs wild as Bulldogs triumph, 46 to 7". The Atlanta Constitution. November 14, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "V.M.I. beaten by Maryland". The Baltimore Sun. November 26, 1943. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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1943 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Duke $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Maryland	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
South Carolina	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Richmond	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Clemson	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
VMI	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
NC State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll