2013 VMI Keydets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2013 VMI Keydets football VMI Keydets logo.svg 100 Big South Conference Big South 2–10 1–4 Sparky Woods 6th Matt Campbell 4th Greg Harris 1st Alumni Memorial Field The 2013 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Sparky Woods and played their home games at Alumni Memorial Field. They are a member of the Big South Conference. 2013 was VMI's final year as a member of the Big South, as they will move to the Southern Conference in 2014. The season began with a 34–0 shutout defeat at the hands of Richmond on August 31. The Keydets achieved their first win of the year the following week by defeating Glenville State 34–27, thanks to a last second goal-line stand as time expired. After a 37–24 loss to Division II North Greenville, VMI would endure a 7-game losing streak, falling to Virginia, Robert Morris in double overtime, Charleston Southern, Presbyterian, Coastal Carolina, and Liberty. The Keydets' losing streak was snapped on November 9 with a decisive 27–9 win over Gardner–Webb. This also saw the end of a 9-game conference losing streak. VMI then lost to The Citadel 31–10 in the Military Classic of the South, and ended the year with a 35–23 loss to the Bucknell Bison, finishing the year at 2–10 and 1–4 in Big South play. It was the third straight year VMI won only two games in a season. Schedule 2013 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Eastern August 31 6:00 pm l y y Richmond 15 E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Richmond, VA 0–34 8,700 September 7 1:30 pm w y 2013 Glenville State Pioneers Glenville State Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/big-south-conference-re-launches-big-south-network BSN 34–27 5,316 September 14 1:30 pm l y North Greenville Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN 24–37 4,494 September 21 3:30 pm l y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN3 0–49 40,165 September 28 1:30 pm l y Robert Morris Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN 31–37 OT 4,821 October 12 1:30 pm l Charleston Southern Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN 17–25 5,902 October 19 2:00 pm l y Presbyterian Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC BSN 35–49 3,032 October 26 6:00 pm l y Coastal Carolina 6 Brooks Stadium Conway, SC BSN 27–66 7,174 November 2 3:30 pm l y Liberty Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA FSN 7–17 18,334 November 9 1:30 pm w Gardner–Webb Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 27–9 4,832 November 16 1:00 pm l y y The Citadel Military Classic of the South Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC 10–31 12,069 November 23 1:30 pm l y Bucknell Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA BSN 23–35 4,913 Game summaries Richmond VMI 0 0 0 0 Richmond 7 14 6 7 Robins Stadium (Richmond, VA) 6:00 PM 89 degrees, Winds 6 MPH 8,700 Kelvin Hudson VMI RICH collapsed 1 10:01 RICH 12 77 4:59 RecTD Jacobi Green Michael Strauss 7 good Brandon Jordi 0 7 2 2:19 RICH 6 85 2:14 RecTD Ben Edwards Michael Strauss 59 good Brandon Jordi 0 14 2 0:36 RICH 6 32 0:50 RecTD Stephen Barnett Michael Strauss 12 good Brandon Jordi 0 21 3 10:09 RICH 7 64 2:05 FG 29 good Brandon Jordi 0 24 3 4:25 RICH 7 55 2:31 FG 38 good Brandon Jordi 0 27 4 8:58 RICH 13 72 6:19 RecTD Hunter Westfall Kyle Lauletta 10 good Brandon Jordi 0 34 0 34 Glenville State Glenville State 0 7 13 7 VMI 7 14 6 7 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:30 PM 80 degrees, Winds 3–5 MPH 5,316 Matt Young GSU VMI collapsed 1 7:59 VMI 7 77 3:26 RecTD James Rogers Eric Kordenbrock 8 good Dillon Christopher 0 7 2 14:25 VMI 5 80 2:53 RecTD Mario Thompson Eric Kordenbrock 38 good Dillon Christopher 0 14 2 11:19 GSU 7 75 3:06 RushTD Steffen Colon 1 good Ryan Cullen 7 14 2 0:55 VMI 9 61 3:53 RushTD Eric Kordenbrock 1 good Dillon Christopher 7 21 3 13:40 VMI 3 71 1:20 RecTD Derrick Ziglar Eric Kordenbrock 56 nogood Dillon Christopher 7 20 3 11:45 GSU 5 52 1:55 RecTD Delvon Purvis Steffen Colon 24 good Ryan Cullen 14 27 3 1:33 GSU 1 51 0:09 RushTD Rahmann Lee 51 nogood Ryan Cullen 20 27 4 13:27 VMI 8 76 3:06 RecTD Bradley Hann Eric Kordenbrock 10 good Dillon Christopher 20 34 4 6:48 GSU 10 81 2:52 RecTD Rahmann Lee Steffen Colon 36 good Ryan Cullen 27 34 27 34 North Greenville North Greenville 10 13 14 0 VMI 0 10 7 7 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:30 PM 64 degrees, Winds 5 MPH Northeast 4,494 Dennis Hennigan NGU VMI collapsed 1 11:04 NGU 9 72 3:56 FG 22 good J. Gravely 3 0 1 3:44 NGU 5 53 1:45 RecTD D. Rouse N. Hughes 23 good J. Gravely 10 0 2 10:20 NGU 12 44 4:31 FG 27 good J. Gravely 13 0 2 8:57 VMI 4 64 1:23 RecTD Doug Burton Eric Kordenbrock 47 good Dillon Christopher 13 7 2 3:46 NGU 13 39 5:11 FG 45 good J. Gravely 16 7 2 0:35 NGU 6 59 0:58 RecTD F. Martino N. Hughes 25 good J. Gravely 23 7 2 0:00 VMI 4 56 0:35 FG 37 good Dillon Christopher 23 10 3 11:56 NGU 4 22 0:52 RushTD T. Walker 2 good J. Gravely 30 10 3 5:22 VMI 7 62 2:54 RushTD Derrick Ziglar 22 good Dillon Christopher 30 10 3 2:37 NGU 9 84 2:45 RushTD N. Hughes 14 good J. Gravely 37 17 4 0:24 VMI 14 94 3:44 RecTD Samuel Patterson Eric Kordenbrock 6 good Dillon Christopher 37 24 37 24 Virginia VMI 0 0 0 0 Virginia 0 21 21 7 Scott Stadium (Charlottesville, VA) 3:30 PM 68 degrees, Winds 10 MPH Southeast 40,165 Riley Johnson VMI UVA collapsed 2 12:38 UVA 3 70 0:54 RushTD Kevin Parks 61 good Ian Frye 0 7 2 3:09 UVA 12 62 4:57 RushTD Kevin Parks 2 good Ian Frye 0 14 2 2:00 UVA 2 59 0:34 RecTD Tim Smith David Watford 38 good Ian Frye 0 21 3 14:26 UVA 2 61 0:34 RushTD Daniel Hamm 7 good Ian Frye 0 28 3 8:27 UVA 11 67 4:03 RecTD Jake McGee David Watford 4 good Ian Frye 0 35 3 3:06 UVA 8 52 2:22 RushTD David Watford 1 good Ian Frye 0 42 4 13:52 UVA 10 67 2:27 RushTD Daniel Hamm 12 good Ian Frye 0 49 0 49 Robert Morris Robert Morris 7 7 7 10 0 6 VMI 7 10 7 7 0 0 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:30 PM 68 degrees, Winds 3–5 MPH 4,821 Jeff Flanagan RMU VMI collapsed 1 6:09 RMU 7 66 3:43 RecTD Donte Jeter Paul Jones 4 good Hunter Khaleghi 7 0 1 4:45 VMI 3 75 1:24 RecTD Matthew Nicholson Eric Kordenbrock 10 good Dillon Christopher 7 7 2 14:37 RMU – – – Other Antwan Eddie 88-yard punt return, Hunter Khaleghi kick good 14 7 2 9:41 VMI 15 66 4:56 FG 26 Dillon Christopher 14 10 2 1:02 VMI 6 76 1:50 RushTD Jabari Turner 12 good Dillon Christopher 14 17 3 11:38 VMI 5 65 1:15 RecTD Dane Forlines Eric Kordenbrock 36 good Dillon Christopher 14 24 3 3:21 RMU 5 52 2:00 RushTD Corey Garry 1 good Hunter Khaleghi 21 24 4 13:01 RMU 6 62 2:40 RecTD Tyler Digby Paul Jones 16 good Hunter Khaleghi 28 24 4 3:01 RMU 5 27 0:54 FG 40 good Hunter Khaleghi 31 24 4 0:01 VMI 7 68 1:34 RecTD Matthew Nicholson Eric Kordenbrock 39 good Dillon Christopher 31 31 OT – RMU 2 25 – Other Deontae Howard 17-yard touchdown run 37 31 37 31 Charleston Southern Charleston Southern 13 0 9 3 VMI 0 14 3 0 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:30 PM 64 degrees, Winds 8-10 MPH 5,902 Duane Heydt CSU VMI collapsed 1 14:34 CSU 1 27 0:08 RecTD Kevin Glears Daniel Crogan III 27 good T.J. Higgins 7 0 1 4:34 CSU 2 46 0:33 RushTD Christian Reyes 4 no good T.J. Higgins 13 0 2 5:44 VMI 8 74 4:14 RecTD Samuel Patterson Eric Kordenbrock 31 good Dillon Christopher 13 7 2 1:06 VMI 7 72 2:02 RecTD Matthew Nicholson Eric Kordenbrock 15 good Dillon Christopher 13 14 3 7:04 CSU 17 70 7:56 FG 22 good Mark DeBoy 16 14 3 2:06 VMI 12 51 4:58 FG 45 good Dillon Christopher 16 17 3 0:01 CSU 4 75 2:05 RecTD Larry Jones III Daniel Crogan III 48 pass failed 22 17 4 7:38 CSU 11 69 5:49 FG 22 Mark DeBoy 25 17 25 17 Presbyterian VMI 7 0 7 21 Presbyterian 0 14 21 14 Bailey Memorial Stadium (Clinton, SC) 2:00 PM 66 degrees, Winds 8 MPH Southwest 3,032 Jeff Heaser VMI PC collapsed 1 2:23 VMI 6 99 2:22 RushTD Derrick Ziglar 2 good Dillon Christopher 7 0 2 14:29 PC 7 73 2:54 RecTD Tobi Antigha Heys McMath 12 good Stephen Doar 7 7 2 0:40 PC 12 80 4:47 RushTD Demarcus Rouse 1 good Stephen Doar 7 14 3 14:47 PC – – – Other Jeremiah McKie 97-yard kickoff return, Stephen Doar kick good 7 21 3 11:18 VMI 7 82 3:29 RecTD Samuel Patterson A.J. Augustine 20 good Dillon Christopher 14 21 3 4:43 PC 4 26 0:37 RushTD Heys McMath 1 good Stephen Doar 14 28 3 0:14 PC 8 57 3:58 RecTD Tobi Antigha Heys McMath 16 good Stephen Doar 14 35 4 13:10 VMI 7 69 2:04 RushTD Derrick Ziglar 2 good Dillon Christopher 21 35 4 9:37 PC 6 62 3:33 RushTD Seth Moreland 3 good Stephen Doar 21 42 4 4:32 VMI 10 65 5:05 RecTD Samuel Patterson A.J. Augustine 11 good Dillon Christopher 28 42 4 1:01 VMI 5 98 1:55 RecTD Matthew Nicholson A.J. Augustine 61 good Dillon Christopher 35 42 4 0:47 PC 2 44 0:14 RushTD Tobi Antigha 39 good Stephen Doar 35 49 35 49 Coastal Carolina VMI 7 17 3 0 Coastal Carolina 13 17 22 14 Brooks Stadium (Conway, SC) 6:00 PM 59 degrees, Winds 6 MPH West 7,174 Walt Davenport Liberty VMI 0 0 0 7 Liberty 0 0 7 10 Williams Stadium (Lynchburg, VA) 3:30 PM 69 degrees, Winds 8 MPH Northwest 18,334 Gary Patterson MASN, ESPN3 Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb 3 0 0 6 VMI 10 7 10 0 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:00 PM 45-50 degrees, Winds 5-8 MPH 4,832 Jeff Flanagan ESPN3 The Citadel VMI 0 10 0 0 The Citadel 0 7 3 21 Johnson Hagood Stadium (Charleston, SC) 1:00 PM 75 degrees, Winds 10 MPH Northeast 12,069 Thomas Graham Bucknell Bucknell 7 0 14 14 VMI 7 3 7 6 Alumni Memorial Field (Lexington, VA) 1:30 PM 53 degrees, Winds 10-20 MPH 4,913 J. Magallanes References VMI Category:VMI Keydets football seasons VMI Keydets football