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| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | October 16, 1920 VMI, 35–0 |
| Latest meeting | October 14, 2023 VMI, 17–13 |
| Next meeting | 2024 at Lexington, Virginia |
| Trophy | Silver Shako |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 79[1] |
| All-time series | The Citadel leads, 44–33–2 |
| Trophy series | The Citadel leads, 30–13–1 |
| Largest victory | The Citadel, 50–0 (1992) |
| Longest win streak | The Citadel, 12 (2003–2018) |
| Current win streak | VMI, 1 (2023–present) |
The original "Military Classic of the South" was a football game played on Thanksgiving Day between Virginia Tech (VPI) and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) beginning in 1913 and lasting until 1985.[2][3] Unfortunately, as Virginia Tech continued to expand its student body, the game quickly became unmatched and VMI left the series in 1985.
Today Military Classic of the South is an American college football rivalry game played between The Citadel and the Virginia Military Institute.[4] The first game between VMI and The Citadel 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. Currently, with The Citadel expanding its student body and bringing in transfer graduate student athletes, the future of this series may be uncertain. [5][6] The 79th and most recent game of the series saw VMI defeat The Citadel 17–13 at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.
- ^ "Football History vs the Citadel".
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://richmond.com/back-in-the-day-tech-vmi-was-the-game/article_6ef55506-2319-5fbf-8b51-88e15e356403.html
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://vtcc.vt.edu/about/history.html
- ^ "SoCon Football Week 10: A Historical Sketch of the 'Battle For The Silver Shako'". Medium.com. November 3, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ {{cite web|url=www.postandcourier.com/sports/vmi-and-the-citadel-the-same-but-different/article_b08c393c-18b0-5333-9ac4-82a6b58575ee.html
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/vmi-and-the-citadel-the-same-but-different/article_b08c393c-18b0-5333-9ac4-82a6b58575ee.html