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1969 VMI

0–⁠10 (0–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Vito Ragazzo.

Schedule and results

VMI in 1969, game by game: lost at Rice 0–55; lost vs. Richmond 0–20; lost at No. 18 West Virginia 0–32; lost vs. Virginia 10–28; lost vs. The Citadel 2–28; lost at William & Mary 17–25; lost at Davidson 6–59; lost at North Carolina 11–61; lost at Boston College 32–49; lost vs. Virginia Tech 0–52+7−55Lost 0–55 at Rice-55RiceLost 0–20 vs. Richmond-20RichmondLost 0–32 at No. 18 West Virginia-32No. 18 West VirginiaLost 10–28 vs. Virginia-18VirginiaLost 2–28 vs. The Citadel-26The CitadelLost 17–25 at William & Mary-8William & MaryLost 6–59 at Davidson-53DavidsonLost 11–61 at North Carolina-50North CarolinaLost 32–49 at Boston College-17Boston CollegeLost 0–52 vs. Virginia Tech-52Virginia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atRiceL 0–⁠5542%
Sep 27vsRichmondL 0–⁠2034%
Oct 4at18West VirginiaL 0–⁠3213%
Oct 11vsVirginiaL 10–⁠2821%
Oct 18vsThe CitadelL 2–⁠2843%
Oct 25atWilliam & MaryL 17–⁠2524%
Nov 1atDavidsonL 6–⁠5922%
Nov 8atNorth CarolinaL 11–⁠6118%
Nov 15atBoston CollegeL 32–⁠4920%
Nov 27vsVirginia TechL 0–⁠5212%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Virginia Tech 52–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
78–⁠409
Coach
Vito Ragazzo
Elo
1208 −155 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−33.3 No. 120 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1969 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Davidson5–⁠17–⁠4
Richmond5–⁠16–⁠4
The Citadel4–⁠27–⁠3
William & Mary2–⁠23–⁠7
East Carolina1–⁠32–⁠7
Furman0–⁠41–⁠8–⁠1
VMI0–⁠40–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.