V.M.I. (Virginia Military Institute)
notes: label: Description
content: Round collegiate button with red, yellow and white stripes and "V.M.I." printed in red in the center of the button. The Virginia Military Institure Keydets played their first college football season in 1891. The team is represented by their mascot, Moe the Kangaroo, who was originally known as TD Bound. VMI is also unique in that it requires every student to attend games from beginning to end. The team has featured in several small, regular season bowl games (the Tobacco Bowl and Oyster Bowl) that feature teams from Virginia/Carolina area. The most notable modern mark of V.M.I. football is their rivalry against The Citadel, which is known as the Military Classic of the South.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: College
label: Subject
content: Football
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00296
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00296
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
label: Object Name
content: button, collegiate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm