Virginia at Virginia Tech

Saturday, October 22, 1960

Virginia Tech beat Virginia 40–⁠6. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Virginia Tech led the series 20–⁠16–⁠4 in the games on file.

AwayVirginia0–⁠10 in 1960
6
HomeVirginia Tech6–⁠4 in 1960
40

FinalHigh 53°F, low 25°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sports FooTBALL

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1960, page 1

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    Sports FooTBALL MoryIond took a l4-l3 victory in a seesow bottle with Woke Forest last night, otter Novy eoostsd over Penn. ITO. for its sixth str0ight victory. Virginia Tech dealt Virsinio its 23d defect in row, 40–⁠6. Duke defeated Clemson, 2l-6. TO strengthen its Atlantic cOost Conference lead. Other sroFeR.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Virginia Tech 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Virginia Tech leads 62–⁠34–⁠5 in 101 meetings on file, counting the 61 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Virginia 27, Virginia Tech 7
2024Virginia Tech 37, Virginia 17
2023Virginia Tech 55, Virginia 17
2021Virginia Tech 29, Virginia 24
2020Virginia Tech 33, Virginia 15
2019Virginia 39, Virginia Tech 30

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