Carlisle vs. Virginia

Carlisle and Virginia first met in 1900 and have played 7 times; Carlisle leads the series 5–⁠1–⁠1. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Carlisle 5–⁠1, and Carlisle has won the last 4.

Carlisle wins
5
Virginia wins
1
Ties
1
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
4 Carlisle
Current streak
4 Carlisle
Last 10 meetings
Carlisle 5–⁠1
Most recent
1910

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠1–⁠1
1910s1–⁠0
Average margin
7.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Carlisle
2–⁠0–⁠1 Carlisle’s record at home
At Virginia
1–⁠3 Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Carlisle’s biggest win1910: Carlisle 22, Virginia 5by 17 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1902: Virginia 6, Carlisle 5by 1 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Carlisle and Virginia, 1900 on1300150017001900190519101915

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 Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current's story of the 1900 game: CARLISLE BEAT VIRGINIA. Game between Indians and Char Iottsbura was 10 60 e.

    1900 · The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, Georgia, Oct 14, 1900

  • The The Topeka state journal's story of the 1902 game: Virginia 6, Carlisle Indians S.

    1902 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 24, 1902

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1903 game: VIRGINIA SURPRISES CARLISLE INDIANS Plays the Red Men to a Standstill at Norfolk. FINAL SCORE WAS 6 TO 6 Southerners Had 4 Shade the Better of the Game-Fumbles Were Few. FINAL SCORE WAS 6 TO 6

    1903 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 22, 1903

  • The The Minneapolis journal's story of the 1906 game: CARLISLE WINS !. B. By CLOSE SCORE J Indian Eleven Is Given a Bad Scare By Virginia Uni {: II versity.s Journal Special Service.

    1906 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 30, 1906

  • The The sun's story of the 1910 game: VEN iSHE MORED VI pOI,rS. Carlisle indian. EasiI, Defeated virginia NJ wa>hinstwn.

    1910 · The sun, New York [N.Y.], Nov 6, 1910

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

Nov 5, 1910Carlisle 22, Virginia 5at Carlisle
Nov 29, 1906Carlisle 18, Virginia 17at Virginia
Oct 14, 1905Carlisle 12, Virginia 0at Virginia
Nov 9, 1904Carlisle 14, Virginia 6at Virginia
Nov 21, 1903Carlisle 6, Virginia 6at Carlisle
Nov 22, 1902Virginia 6, Carlisle 5at Virginia
Oct 13, 1900Carlisle 17, Virginia 2at Carlisle

Every game is listed as played on the field.