LEXINGTON, Va. – A renewal of a longtime series with the University of Virginia and the first ever meeting with Princeton highlight the 2020 VMI football schedule announced today.

The Keydets and Cavaliers will meet in Charlottesville on September 12 marking the first VMI visit to Scott Stadium since the 2013 season. It will be the 84^th meeting between the schools.
 
Princeton visits Lexington one week later on September 19 in the first ever meeting between the Keydets and Tigers. It will also mark the first VMI football game against an Ivy League school since the Keydets played at Columbia in 1939.
 
Five home games are slated for Foster Stadium in 2020 including the October 31 "Military Classic of the South" as VMI and The Citadel battle for the Silver Shako Trophy the Keydets recaptured in Charleston last fall. Other home dates are Furman (October 3), ETSU (October 24), and Mercer (November 21).

VMI will open up Southern Conference play on the road at Chattanooga on September 26.
 
Times for both home and road games will be announced at a later date.
 
Tickets for home games will go on sale early summer. For information, go to vmitickets.com or call 540-464-7266.
 
2020 VMI FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 5                  at Robert Morris ... TBA
Sept. 12                at Virginia ... TBA
Sept. 19                PRINCETON ... TBA
Sept. 26                at Chattanooga* ... TBA
Oct. 3                    FURMAN* ... TBA
Oct. 10                  OPEN                                                   
Oct. 17                  at Wofford* ... TBA
Oct. 24                  ETSU* ... TBA
Oct. 31                  THE CITADEL* ... TBA
Nov. 7                   at Western Carolina* ... TBA
Nov. 14                 at Samford* ... TBA
Nov. 21                 MERCER* ... TBA

HOME GAMES IN CAPS
*Denotes Southern Conference Game