Gallaudet vs. VMI

Gallaudet and VMI first met in 1914 and have played 5 times; VMI leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s VMI 5–⁠0, and VMI has won the last 5.

Gallaudet wins
0
VMI wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1914
Longest streak
5 VMI
Current streak
5 VMI
Last 10 meetings
VMI 5–⁠0
Most recent
1918

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠5
Average margin
19.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At VMI
5–⁠0 VMI’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. VMI’s biggest win1916: VMI 54, Gallaudet 0by 54 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Gallaudet and VMI, 1914 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1914 game: Missouri Defeated

    1914 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 18, 1914

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1916 game: GALLAUDET SWAMPED BY LEXINGTON CADETS Virginia Military Institute Trims Ken dali Greeners in One-sided Game, 81 to 0.

    1916 · The Washington herald, Oct 15, 1916

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 16, 1918VMI 19, Gallaudet 6at VMI
Nov 17, 1917VMI 19, Gallaudet 3at VMI
Oct 14, 1916VMI 54, Gallaudet 0at VMI
Oct 9, 1915VMI 7, Gallaudet 0at VMI
Oct 17, 1914VMI 6, Gallaudet 0at VMI

Every game is listed as played on the field.