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The VMI–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Keydets of Virginia Military Institute and the Hokies of Virginia Tech (formerly known as the Virginia Polytechnic Institute "Fighting Gobblers"). The teams first played in 1894 and last played in 1984.
Football History vs Virginia Tech from Sep 1, 1894 - Oct 6, 1984.
The Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry has existed since the 1890s, but did not reach pre-eminence until the 1980s. Traditionally, Virginia's primary rival had been the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , in a game which became known as the South's Oldest Rivalry .
Origins of the V.P.I.—V.M.I. Thanksgiving Day Football Game. These are reports from the The Roanoke Daily Times in November 1896, about the first game between the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the Virginia Military Institute to be held in Roanoke. This was the start of a long tradition between the two schools.
Virginia Tech and VMI first met in 1894 and played annually from 1913–71, usually in Roanoke on Thanksgiving Day. Like the current rivalry between VMI and The Citadel , the match-up was referred to as the Military Classic of the South , due to the military heritage of both schools.
At the 1963 VMI vs. Virginia Tech game, 50 cadets hauled Skipper from underneath the bleachers and fired the gun. The cannon suffered a blowout in 1982, so in 1984, Paul Huffman Jr. ’78, whose father had cast the original Skipper, offered to fabricate a new cannon at no charge.
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