Columbia vs. Virginia

Columbia and Virginia have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1931; Columbia leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Columbia 4–⁠0, and Columbia has won the last 4.

Columbia wins
4
Virginia wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1931
Longest streak
4 Columbia
Current streak
4 Columbia
Last 10 meetings
Columbia 4–⁠0
Most recent
1938

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s4–⁠0
Average margin
22.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Columbia
4–⁠0 Columbia’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Coach against coach

YearsColumbiaSeriesVirginia
1931–⁠1933Lou Little3–⁠0Fred Dawson

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Columbia’s side (Little 3–⁠0 against Dawson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Columbia and Virginia, 1931 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1931 game: VIRGINIA SMOTHERED BY COLUMBIA eleven Attack of New Workers. Proves Too Much for Cavaliers in 27-to-0 Game.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1931

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1938 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 7, 1938

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, 1938Columbia 39, Virginia 0at Columbia
Oct 14, 1933Columbia 15, Virginia 6at Columbia
Oct 15, 1932Columbia 22, Virginia 6at Columbia
Nov 7, 1931Columbia 27, Virginia 0at Columbia

Every game is listed as played on the field.