LEXINGTON, Va. – After a road contest at ETSU, the Keydets will compete at Foster Stadium for just the third time this season, hosting Samford on Saturday.
 
PROMOTIONS
- Saturday will be a "Red Out" so we encourage you to go by the VMI Bookstore and wear red to support the Keydets
- Saturday's game also falls during Family Weekend

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LAST TIME OUT
- The Keydets fell 45-10 at ETSU, punting 14 times
- Ben Shrewsbury totaled 657 punt yards for a 46.9 average, including a 63-yard boom in the second half. He pinned three inside the ETSU 20
- Before leaving the game with injury, VMI quarterback Collin Shannon finished 7-for-16 for 41 yards with one interception
- A stifling ETSU defense held VMI to 11-30 passing for 69 yards on the day while holding the VMI rushing attack to 13 net yards (54 yards gained, 41 yards TFLs)
- Freshman wide receiver Traveion Slaughter led the VMI receiving corps with two catches for 22 yards
- ETSU Quarterback Jake McNamara finished with 176 passing yards by converting 8-14 attempts
- ETSU's Devontae Houston led the Bucs' rushers with 76 net yards on 12 carries
- Kouri Crump and Isaiah Grevious each had 8.0 tackles; Grevious totaled 1.5 sacks and 2.5 TFLs

BULLDOG BITES
- Samford was slated to finish fifth in the SoCon Preseason Poll with defensive lineman Conroy Cunningham landing on the First Team Defense
- Quincy Crittendon, who had three touchdown passes last year against the Keydets, is 4^th in the nation with an average of 23.3 completions per game, enters Saturday as the backup, battling an injury
- Brady Stober, the projected starter, has seen action in five games, throwing for 462 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions (at Mercer: 14-for-22, 234 yards, 2TD, INT)
- Jaden Gibson has been the No. 1 target for Samford quarterbacks, averaging 7.80 per game (3^rd, FCS) while Calvin Jones leads the team with three receiving scores
- Opponents have been able to get pressure on the Bulldogs, as they are allowing 4.67 sacks per game
- As a unit, Samford is allowing 479.3 yards per game defensively (120^th, FCS)

THE SERIES
- Samford has the all-time edge in the series 9-3
- The Bulldogs have won three straight, with VMI's last win coming in Lexington in 2021

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