George Washington vs. Virginia

George Washington and Virginia first met in 1905 and have played 12 times; Virginia leads the series 10–⁠2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia 8–⁠2.

George Washington wins
2
Virginia wins
10
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
6 Virginia
Current streak
1 George Washington
Last 10 meetings
Virginia 8–⁠2
Most recent
1955

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠2
1940s1–⁠2
1950s1–⁠5
Average margin
22.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At George Washington
0–⁠1 George Washington’s record at home
At Virginia
8–⁠2 Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 George Washington first
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. George Washington’s biggest win1955: George Washington 13, Virginia 0by 13 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1905: Virginia 55, George Washington 0by 55 points
  3. Upset1948: George Washington 20, Virginia 12George Washington had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Virginia, 1905 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 Washington times's story of the 1905 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1905 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 12, 1905

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1948 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

    1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 11, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Cavaliers Score Two Late TaIIies 10 Beat Co|onia|s, N-13

    1949 · Evening star, Sep 25, 1949

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: 7 CIV Students Hurt, Baltimore Man Killed In Virginia Auto Crash

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 1, 1951

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 1, 1955George Washington 13, Virginia 0at Virginia
Oct 2, 1954Virginia 14, George Washington 13at Virginia
Oct 10, 1953Virginia 24, George Washington 20Neutral site
Oct 11, 195215Virginia 50, George Washington 0at Virginia
Sep 29, 1951Virginia 20, George Washington 0at Virginia
Sep 23, 1950Virginia 19, George Washington 0at Virginia
Sep 24, 1949Virginia 27, George Washington 13at Virginia
Oct 9, 1948George Washington 20, Virginia 12at Virginia
Sep 27, 1947Virginia 33, George Washington 13at Virginia
Sep 30, 1922Virginia 34, George Washington 0at Virginia
Oct 1, 1921Virginia 28, George Washington 0at Virginia
Nov 11, 1905Virginia 55, George Washington 0at George Washington

Every game is listed as played on the field.