1942 VMI Keydets football team

The 1942 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1942 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 3–5–1.

VMI was ranked at No. 160 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.