Davidson vs. Virginia
Davidson and Virginia have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Virginia leads the series 8–0–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia 8–0, and Virginia has won the last 2. Share
- Davidson wins
- 0
- Virginia wins
- 8
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 4 Virginia
- Current streak
- 2 Virginia
- Last 10 meetings
- Virginia 8–0
- Most recent
- 1968
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 17.6 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Davidson
- 0–1 Davidson’s record at home
- At Virginia
- 7–0–2 Virginia’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Virginia’s biggest win1902: Virginia 35, Davidson 0by 35 points
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

1902 · Richmond dispatch, Richmond, Va., Nov 2, 1902

1916 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Oct 1, 1916

1921 · The Washington herald, Sep 25, 1921

1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 28, 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 5, 1968 | Virginia 41, Davidson 14 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 27, 1962 | Virginia 34, Davidson 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 5, 1935 | Virginia 0, Davidson 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 24, 1921 | Virginia 28, Davidson 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 30, 1916 | Virginia 14, Davidson 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 2, 1909 | Virginia 11, Davidson 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 24, 1908 | Virginia 12, Davidson 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 28, 1907 | Virginia 5, Davidson 5 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 7, 1903 | Virginia 22, Davidson 0 | at Davidson | ||
| Nov 1, 1902 | Virginia 35, Davidson 0 | at Virginia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.