Military Classic of the South

The Military Classic of the South is an American college football rivalry game played between The Citadel and the Virginia Military Institute.[1] The first game between the two military schools was in 1920. The game has been played nearly continuously since World War II; since then, only five seasons have seen the game not played.

Military Classic of the South
The Citadel Bulldogs
VMI Keydets
SportFootball
First meeting1920
VMI, 35–0
Latest meetingOctober 5, 2019
VMI, 34–21
Next meetingApril 17, 2021
at Lexington, Virginia
TrophySilver Shako
Statistics
Meetings total75
All-time seriesThe Citadel leads, 42–31–2
Trophy seriesThe Citadel leads, 28–11–1
Largest victoryThe Citadel, 50–0 (1992)
Longest win streakThe Citadel, 12 (2003–2018)
Current win streakVMI, 1 (2019)
Locations of The Citadel and VMI

As of 2019, The Citadel had won the game 12 times in a row. The 75th and most recent game of the series saw VMI defeat the Citadel 34–21 at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

History

The teams first played each other in 1920. The trophy that is currently awarded, the Silver Shako, was introduced in 1976.[2][3]

The game has been played nearly continuously since World War II, with no matchup in 1956, 2004, and 2008–2010. The Citadel had won the past twelve meetings before VMI's victory in 2019. The Citadel leads the series 42–31–2. At one point in 1967, the Keydets led the series 18–8–1. The Military Classic is the thirteenth oldest still-played rivalry in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) of the NCAA. Both teams were members of the Southern Conference (SoCon) from 1936 until 2003, when VMI left for the Big South Conference and were reunited in the SoCon when VMI returned in 2014.[4][5]

Other sports

With the return of VMI to the Southern Conference, annual rivalries have been renewed in college baseball, women's soccer, track and field, and cross country. VMI remained in the SoCon in wrestling, and continued to compete annually with The Citadel in that sport while a full member of the Big South.

The Bulldogs and Keydets, along with Air Force and Army, participated in the All-Military Classic basketball tournament, which began in 2011 and continued until the final tournament in 2014.

Game results
The Citadel victoriesVMI victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 1920 Lynchburg, VA VMI 35–0
2 1929 Lexington, VA VMI 12–7
3 1930 Charleston, SC The Citadel 7–6
4 1931 Lexington, VA Tie13–13
5 1932 Charleston, SC The Citadel 12–6
6 1937 Lexington, VA VMI 27–0
7 1946 Lexington, VA VMI 21–6
8 1947 Charleston, SC The Citadel 7–6
9 1948 Lexington, VA VMI 34–6
10 1949 Charleston, SC The Citadel19–14
11 1950 Lexington, VA VMI 13–7
12 1951 Charleston, SC VMI 27–21
13 1952 Lexington, VA VMI20–19
14 1953 Charleston, SC VMI 14–0
15 1954 Lexington, VA VMI 42–0
16 1955 Charleston, SC VMI 14–7
17 1957 Lexington, VA VMI 33–7
18 1958 Charleston, SC The Citadel 14–6
19 1959 Lexington, VA VMI 32–8
20 1960 Charleston, SC VMI20–6
21 1961 Lexington, VA The Citadel 14–8
22 1962 Charleston, SC VMI 16–7
23 1963 Lexington, VA VMI 33–8
24 1964 Charleston, SC The Citadel 17–0
25 1965 Lexington, VA VMI 21–7
26 1966 Charleston, SC The Citadel 30–14
27 1967 Roanoke, VA VMI 22–11
28 1968 Charleston, SC The Citadel 13–8
29 1969 Lexington, VA The Citadel 28–2
30 1970 Charleston, SC The Citadel 56–9
31 1971 Lexington, VA The Citadel 25–24
32 1972 Charleston, SC The Citadel 42–3
33 1973 Lexington, VA VMI 23–6
34 1974 Charleston, SC VMI20–9
35 1975 Lexington, VA The Citadel 6–3
36 1976 Charleston, SC VMI 30–14
37 1977 Lexington, VA VMI19–3
38 1978 Charleston, SC The Citadel 14–3
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
39 1979 Lexington, VA The Citadel 37–6
40 1980 Charleston, SC The Citadel 28–0
41 1981 Norfolk, VA VMI 14–0
42 1982 Charleston, SC The Citadel 21–7
43 1983 Lexington, VA The Citadel 27–16
44 1984 Charleston, SC The Citadel 27–24
45 1985 Lexington, VA Tie14–14
46 1986 Charleston, SC VMI 47–30
47 1987 Charleston, SC VMI 7–3
48 1988 Norfolk, VA The Citadel 31–20
49 1989 Lexington, VA VMI20–10
50 1990 Charleston, SC The Citadel 23–3
51 1991 Norfolk, VA The Citadel 17–14
52 1992 Charleston, SC The Citadel 50–0
53 1993 Charleston, SC The Citadel 34–33
54 1994 Norfolk, VA The Citadel 58–14
55 1995 Charleston, SC VMI 34–7
56 1996 Lexington, VA VMI 34–27
57 1997 Charleston, SC The Citadel 28–6
58 1998 Lexington, VA The Citadel 36–10
59 1999 Charleston, SC The Citadel 14–7
60 2000 Lexington, VA VMI 41–21
61 2001 Charleston, SC The Citadel 49–7
62 2002 Charlotte, NC VMI 23–21
63 2003 Charlotte, NC The Citadel 27–23
64 2005 Lexington, VA The Citadel 22–14
65 2006 Charleston, SC The Citadel 48–21
66 2007 Lexington, VA The Citadel 70–28
67 2011 Charleston, SC The Citadel 41–14
68 2012 Lexington, VA The Citadel 27–24
69 2013 Charleston, SC The Citadel 31–10
70 2014 Lexington, VA The Citadel 45–25
71 2015 Charleston, SC The Citadel 35–14
72 2016 Lexington, VA The Citadel 30–20
73 2017 Charleston, SC The Citadel 21–3
74 2018 Lexington, VA The Citadel 34–32
75 2019 Charleston, SC VMI 34–21
Series: The Citadel leads 42–31–2

See also

References
  1. "SoCon Football Week 10: A Historical Sketch of the 'Battle For The Silver Shako'". Medium.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  2. Kara, Klein. "Virginia Military Institute (VMI) vs The Citadel football - The Citadel - Charleston, SC". www.citadel.edu.
  3. "Silver Shako".
  4. "CSTV Adds VMI-Citadel "Military Classic of the South" To Fall Football Line-Up". Big South Conference. July 11, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  5. "VMI, Citadel play their 'Classic'". USA Today. November 15, 2002. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
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