| Year: | 1897 |
| Team: | VMI Keydets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 3–2 |
| Head Coach: | R. N. Groner |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
The 1897 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their seventh season of organized football. The Keydets went 3–2 under first-year head coach R. N. Groner.[1]