Box Score
LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI Football Team produced another valiant effort with the Silver Shako on the line Saturday, as defense and special teams helped the Keydets jump in front 22-14 going into the fourth quarter, but the Bulldogs rallied to score twice and put the game away with an interception at the one-minute mark to end take the game 26-22 and end the season for VMI.
Key Stats
- Defense collects picks up a fumble while special teams blocks a punt for a fumble and a field goal
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Seth Morgan goes 16-for-22 with a TD; finishes career 5
th all-time at VMI in completions with 451 and third all-time with a completion percentage of 61.6
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Korey Bridy rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown; ends career 9
th all-time at VMI in rushing touchdowns
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Chance Knox has 9 catches for a career-high 114 yards with a 36-yard score. He also earned a career-high 194 all-purpose yards following his 80 yards on four kickoff returns
- Seven Keydets register a catch, 19 register a tackle led by
Stone Snyder's 18 to give him 339 for his career
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Aljareek Malry,
Shamus Jones and
Evan Eller all have 11 tackles;
Christian Dunn has 7, 2.0 tackles for loss
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Jack Culbreath has three punts for 137 yards (45.7 average)
How it Happened
- VMI defense opens the game by forcing a fumble, leads to a
Jerry Rice field goal (3-0 VMI)
- The Citadel jumps in front 7-3, adding a second touchdown to take a 14-3 lead at half
- Morgan finds Knox for a 33-yard gain setting up a Bridy 6-yard touchdown run (failed two-point attempt - 14-9 The Citadel)
- Morgan hits Knox for a 36-yard touchdown as VMI takes a 15-14 lead with 9:03 in the third
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Eric Rankin blocks punt,
Elijah Quamiley takes it in for the score (22-14 VMI – 6:46 third quarter)
- VMI blocks field goal attempt, Bulldogs core but fail to convert two-point (22-20 VMI with 7:30 remaining)
- The Citadel scores two touchdowns, misses conversions to make it 26-22 with 3:37 remaining
- Keydets move the ball to The Citadel 29, lose
Max Brimigion on the play
- Tipped ball in the end zone two plays later leads to the game-ending interception
Words from Wach
On his Team's effort
"Proud of the players, the way they kept fighting game after game, play after play. Taking this game all the way to the last play. The Citadel fought hard, made one more play than we did. Hats off to them. Obviously not the results we wanted, but proud of the effort of the team."
On
Max Brimigion
"Right now, praying for Max Brimigion that hopefully everything is okay. That's a bigger thing than this game at this particular moment."
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