2013 VMI Keydets football team

2013 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record2–10 (1–4 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Campbell (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorGreg Harris (1st season)
Home stadiumAlumni Memorial Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Big South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Coastal Carolina +^   4 1     12 3  
Liberty +   4 1     8 4  
No. 24 Charleston Southern   3 2     10 3  
Gardner–Webb   2 3     7 5  
Presbyterian   1 4     3 8  
VMI   1 4     2 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.