Army vs. Virginia

Army and Virginia have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1954; Army leads the series 5–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Army 5–⁠3.

Army wins
5
Virginia wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1954
Longest streak
3 Army
Current streak
1 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Army 5–⁠3
Most recent
1978

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s3–⁠0
1960s1–⁠1
1970s1–⁠2
Average margin
11 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
4–⁠1 Army’s record at home
At Virginia
2–⁠1 Virginia’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1958: Army 35, Virginia 6by 29 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1964: Virginia 35, Army 14by 21 points
  3. Upset1978: Virginia 21, Army 17Virginia had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Virginia, 1954 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Army Happy 10 Get 21-20 Victory Over Inspired Cavaliers

    1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 31, 1954

  • The Evening star's story of the 1957 game: State Crown at Stake In Virqinio-VM| Game

    1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 1, 1957

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Sep 23, 1978Virginia 21, Army 17at Army
Oct 23, 1971Army 14, Virginia 9at Army
Oct 17, 1970Virginia 21, Army 20at Virginia
Sep 23, 1967Army 26, Virginia 7at Army
Oct 17, 1964Virginia 35, Army 14at Virginia
Oct 18, 19581Army 35, Virginia 6at Army
Oct 26, 19579Army 20, Virginia 12at Virginia
Oct 30, 19545Army 21, Virginia 20at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.