Georgetown vs. Virginia

Georgetown and Virginia have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1907; Georgetown leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Georgetown 4–⁠3, and Georgetown has won the last 4.

Georgetown wins
4
Virginia wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1907
Longest streak
4 Georgetown
Current streak
4 Georgetown
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 4–⁠3
Most recent
1913

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠3
1910s4–⁠0
Average margin
11 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
4–⁠3 Georgetown’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Georgetown’s biggest win1910: Georgetown 15, Virginia 0by 15 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1907: Virginia 28, Georgetown 6by 22 points
  3. Upset1913: Georgetown 8, Virginia 7Georgetown had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Virginia, 1907 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 Evening star's story of the 1907 game: LOCALS WEAKEN N THE SECOND HALF Virginia Repeatedly Smashes Georgetown's Line and FL naIIy Wins Out by % to 6.

    1907 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 17, 1907

  • The Evening star's story of the 1910 game: GEORGETOWN Wins ONFOOT BALLF|ELD Defeats Virginia Boys for First Time Since 1901 by Score of IS to O. CROWD WITNESSING GAME SURPASSES ALL RECORDS Southerners Bring "Snowbalp and Shoat as Mascots. FULLBACK JONES Is INJURED Member of Visiting Team Partially Unconscious for Some Time-Stu- dents Cel

    1910 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 13, 1910

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1911 game: GEORGETOWN BEATS VIRGINIA BY 9 TO 0 Continued from Page One, Main Section.

    1911 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 19, 1911

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1912 game: COSTELLO COULD WIN PLACE ON ALLAMERIGAN Ton Thorpe, Referee Of Georgetown Virginia Game, Says Harry Iss Wonder. PRAISES ORANGE AND BLUE

    1912 · The Washington herald, Nov 17, 1912

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story of the 1913 game: GEORGETOWN WINS ! FROM VIRGINIA IN GRIL[|NG CONTEST POOR PASS AND SLIPPERY BALL CAUSE SAFETY AGAINST UNI yERsITY, TURNING TIDE.

    1913 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Nov 16, 1913

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.

Photos

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited), and the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division (no known restrictions on publication).

Every game

Nov 15, 1913Georgetown 8, Virginia 7at Georgetown
Nov 16, 1912Georgetown 16, Virginia 13at Georgetown
Nov 18, 1911Georgetown 9, Virginia 0at Georgetown
Nov 12, 1910Georgetown 15, Virginia 0at Georgetown
Nov 6, 1909Virginia 21, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Nov 21, 1908Virginia 6, Georgetown 0at Georgetown
Nov 16, 1907Virginia 28, Georgetown 6at Georgetown

Every game is listed as played on the field.