Akron vs. VMI

Akron and VMI have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1967; Akron leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Akron 2–⁠1, and Akron has won the last 2.

Akron wins
2
VMI wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1967
Longest streak
2 Akron
Current streak
2 Akron
Last 10 meetings
Akron 2–⁠1
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s0–⁠1
2010s2–⁠0
Average margin
23.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Akron
2–⁠0 Akron’s record at home
At VMI
1–⁠0 VMI’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Akron and VMI, 1967 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jerome Lane Akron10 catches, 196 yards, 2 TD2016 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 3, 2016Akron 47, VMI 24at Akron
Sep 24, 2011Akron 36, VMI 13at Akron
Nov 4, 1967VMI 38, Akron 14at VMI

Every game is listed as played on the field.