Furman vs. VMI

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

1. Furman’s biggest win2019: Furman 60, VMI 21by 39 points
2. VMI’s biggest win1972: VMI 31, Furman 7by 24 points
3. Upset2024: VMI 21, Furman 17VMI had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Furman’s side (Baker 1–⁠4 against Thalman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1946 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 10, 1946

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Furman vs. The Citadel81 meetings, Furman 47–⁠32–⁠2
• Furman vs. Wofford76 meetings, Furman 40–⁠31–⁠5
• Furman vs. Clemson58 meetings, Furman 10–⁠44–⁠4
• Furman vs. Davidson48 meetings, Furman 33–⁠15
• VMI vs. Virginia78 meetings, VMI 23–⁠53–⁠2
• VMI vs. Virginia Tech75 meetings, VMI 23–⁠47–⁠5
• VMI vs. Richmond70 meetings, VMI 32–⁠33–⁠5
• VMI vs. William & Mary65 meetings, VMI 27–⁠36–⁠2