| Year: | 1951 |
| Team: | VMI Keydets |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 7–3 |
| Conf Record: | 5–0 |
| Head Coach: | Tom Nugent |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Alumni Field |
| Champion: | SoCon co-champion |
The 1951 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1951 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their third year under head coach Tom Nugent, the team compiled an overall record of 7–3 and finished as Southern Conference co-champion.[1]
VMI was ranked at No. 92 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[2]