Bye-Bye VMI

Bye-Bye VMI Sports Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Sports
School
Additional Images
Bye-Bye VMI Sports back Busy Beaver Button Museum
Text on Button Delaware McDonald's® SAYS BYE-BYE VMI
Image Description

Top quarter of the image features yellow text on a blue background. Remainder of image depicts blue text falling off of an illustrated blue cliff on a yellow background.
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
Year / Decade Made
1970s
Additional Information

On October 23, 1976, the University of Delaware (UD) football team faced the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in a home game. Though this button—designed for Delaware fans—references VMI falling off a cliff, VMI went on to win the game 10-6. 
Sources

VMI Athletics. Virginia Military Institute. (1976, October 23). Retrieved September 20, 2022, from https://vmikeydets.com/sports/football/opponent-history/university-of-d…;

 
Catalog ID SP0185