Georgetown vs. Virginia Tech

Georgetown and Virginia Tech have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Georgetown leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Georgetown 4–⁠3.

Georgetown wins
4
Virginia Tech wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
4 Georgetown
Current streak
1 Virginia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Georgetown 4–⁠3
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1910s3–⁠0
1940s1–⁠1
Average margin
24 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Georgetown
4–⁠0 Georgetown’s record at home
At Virginia Tech
3–⁠0 Virginia Tech’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 win1940: Georgetown 46, Virginia Tech 4by 42 points
  2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1902: Virginia Tech 28, Georgetown 0by 28 points
  3. Upset1941: Virginia Tech 3, Georgetown 0Virginia Tech had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgetown and Virginia Tech, 1902 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 Washington times's story of the 1907 game: GEORGETOWN LOSES TO VIRGINIA TECH, GAME SPIRITLESS Frequent Fumbles Figure in the WaShingtonianS' Defeat.

    1907 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 5, 1907

  • The Evening star's story of the 1940 game: Football Continued From Page A-l6)

    1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 21, 1940

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 4, 1941Virginia Tech 3, Georgetown 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 19, 1940Georgetown 46, Virginia Tech 4at Georgetown
Oct 18, 1919Georgetown 33, Virginia Tech 7at Georgetown
Oct 27, 1917Georgetown 28, Virginia Tech 0at Georgetown
Nov 28, 1912Georgetown 24, Virginia Tech 3at Georgetown
Nov 2, 1907Virginia Tech 20, Georgetown 0at Virginia Tech
Nov 8, 1902Virginia Tech 28, Georgetown 0at Virginia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.