Army vs. Virginia Tech

Army and Virginia Tech have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Army leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Army 5–⁠1, and Army has won the last 5.

Army wins
5
Virginia Tech wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
5 Army
Current streak
5 Army
Last 10 meetings
Army 5–⁠1
Most recent
1962

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
1940s3–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
25.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Army
5–⁠1 Army’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Army’s biggest win1948: Army 49, Virginia Tech 7by 42 points
  2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1905: Virginia Tech 16, Army 6by 10 points
  3. Upset1905: Virginia Tech 16, Army 6Virginia Tech had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Army and Virginia Tech, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1905 game: Virginia Tech 16. West Point 6.

    1905 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Oct 15, 1905

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1938 game: FOOT BAIL @ {3{5SW{5 IFS Ne

    1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 3, 1938

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game

    1948 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 31, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1962 game: CAMMY CLICKS CoIonioIs Leery Of Lewis Passes

    1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 25, 1962

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

Oct 20, 1962Army 20, Virginia Tech 12at Army
Oct 30, 19485Army 49, Virginia Tech 7at Army
Oct 18, 19477Army 40, Virginia Tech 0at Army
Nov 14, 1942Army 19, Virginia Tech 7at Army
Oct 1, 1938Army 39, Virginia Tech 0at Army
Oct 14, 1905Virginia Tech 16, Army 6at Army

Every game is listed as played on the field.