Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech

Cincinnati and Virginia Tech have 12 meetings on file, the first in 1946; the series is tied 6–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 6–⁠4.

Cincinnati wins
6
Virginia Tech wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1946
Longest streak
3 Cincinnati
Current streak
1 Cincinnati
Last 10 meetings
Virginia Tech 6–⁠4
Most recent
2018

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1980s2–⁠2
1990s1–⁠1
2000s0–⁠2
2010s2–⁠1
Average margin
14.7 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cincinnati
1–⁠1 Cincinnati’s record at home
At Virginia Tech
3–⁠2 Virginia Tech’s record at home
Neutral sites
3–⁠2 Cincinnati first
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cincinnati’s biggest win1985: Cincinnati 31, Virginia Tech 14by 17 points
  2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1991: Virginia Tech 56, Cincinnati 9by 47 points
  3. Upset1995: Cincinnati 16, Virginia Tech 0Cincinnati had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1986: Cincinnati 24, Virginia Tech 20Cincinnati had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1985: Cincinnati 31, Virginia Tech 14Cincinnati had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cincinnati and Virginia Tech, 1946 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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

Named most valuable

Michael Warren II Cincinnati2018
Virginia Tech RB J.C. Coleman2014

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1946 game: CINCY BEARCATS STAGE RALLY TO WIN OVER Y. P.I. Score Three Touchdowns In Last Half To Capture 18 To 6 Triumph

    1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Jan 2, 1947

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game

Dec 31, 2018Cincinnati 35, Virginia Tech 31Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumMilitary Bowl
Dec 27, 2014Virginia Tech 33, Cincinnati 17Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumMilitary Bowl
Sep 29, 2012Cincinnati 27, Virginia Tech 24Neutral site
Jan 1, 2009Virginia Tech 20, 13Cincinnati 7Hard Rock StadiumOrange Bowl
Sep 23, 200611Virginia Tech 29, Cincinnati 13at Virginia Tech
Sep 16, 1995Cincinnati 16, Virginia Tech 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 19, 1991Virginia Tech 56, Cincinnati 9at Virginia Tech
Oct 15, 1988Virginia Tech 41, Cincinnati 14at Cincinnati
Nov 21, 1987Virginia Tech 21, Cincinnati 20at Virginia Tech
Sep 6, 1986Cincinnati 24, Virginia Tech 20at Virginia Tech
Aug 31, 1985Cincinnati 31, Virginia Tech 14at Cincinnati
Jan 1, 1947Cincinnati 18, Virginia Tech 6Neutral siteSun Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.