Florida State and Virginia Tech have 39 meetings on file, the first in 1955; Florida State leads the series 25–13–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Florida State 7–3, and Florida State has won the last 2. Share
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida State’s side (Nugent 2–2 against Moseley). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Florida State Virginia TechTicks under the axis: each meeting, in the winner’s color
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.
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers
1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 9, 1955
1957 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 27, 1957
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 1999.
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).
Photos
Florida State field goal attempt, 1st quarter, 2010 ACC Championship Game.Photo: Jayron32, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2010 game
ACC Football Championship vs. Florida State, 2010Photo: Daniel Lin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2010 game
Virginia Tech runs onto the field for the 2010 ACC Championship game against Florida State.Photo: Daniel Lin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2010 game
Florida State Marching Band prior to the 2010 ACC Championship GamePhoto: Jayron32, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe 2010 game
