* Largest shutout win by VMI since defeating Central Florida 69-0 on Sept. 25, 1982.
* VMI established a new school record and a new Alumni Memorial Field at Foster Stadium record by holding Saint Francis to -4 rushing yards.
* The shutout win for VMI is the third in the team's last four season openers (2005- VMI 33, Davidson 0; 2007- VMI 20, Lock Haven 0)
* Tim Maypray (129 yds.) & Zach Collins (112 yds.) each rushed for over 100 yards, marking the first time since last season's game against Robert Morris (Sept. 29, 2007) that VMI had achieved the feat.
* Sparky Woods is the second straight coach to record a shutout victory in his first game as VMI's head coach (Jim Reid, 2005, VMI 33, Davidson 0).
* VMI's 418 rushing yards were the most by the Keydets since running up 443 rushing yards against Robert Morris last season.
* Tim Maypray & Zach Collins each recorded their first 100-yard rushing games and had the longest runs of their career in the game (Maypray- 52 yard touchdown run; Collins 62-yard touchdown run).
