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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 |
- 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
- Army’s biggest win1948: Army 49, Virginia Tech 7by 42 points
- Virginia Tech’s biggest win1905: Virginia Tech 16, Army 6by 10 points
- Upset1905: Virginia Tech 16, Army 6Virginia Tech had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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

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

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

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

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, 1962 | Army 20, Virginia Tech 12 | at Army | ||
| Oct 30, 1948 | 5Army 49, Virginia Tech 7 | at Army | ||
| Oct 18, 1947 | 7Army 40, Virginia Tech 0 | at Army | ||
| Nov 14, 1942 | Army 19, Virginia Tech 7 | at Army | ||
| Oct 1, 1938 | Army 39, Virginia Tech 0 | at Army | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Virginia Tech 16, Army 6 | at Army |
Every game is listed as played on the field.