Georgia vs. Virginia
Georgia and Virginia have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1913; Georgia leads the series 9–6–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Georgia 7–3, and Georgia has won the last 2. Share
- Georgia wins
- 9
- Virginia wins
- 6
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1913
- Longest streak
- 3 Virginia
- Current streak
- 2 Georgia
- Last 10 meetings
- Georgia 7–3
- Most recent
- 2000
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 5–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1990s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 1–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Georgia 1, Virginia 0
- Average margin
- 11.6 points; 8 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Georgia
- 4–4–1 Georgia’s record at home
- At Virginia
- 1–3–2 Virginia’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–1 Georgia first
- Shutouts
- 6
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Georgia’s biggest win1927: Georgia 32, Virginia 0by 32 points
- Virginia’s biggest win1979: Virginia 31, Georgia 0by 31 points
- Upset1979: Virginia 31, Georgia 0Virginia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1925: Virginia 7, Georgia 6Virginia had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown1998: Georgia 35, Virginia 33No. 13 Virginia at No. 19 Georgia
Coach against coach
| Years | Georgia | Series | Virginia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923–1927 | George Woodruff | 4–1 | Greasy Neale |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Georgia’s side (Woodruff 4–1 against Neale). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Tiki Barber Virginia | 1995 |
| Hines Ward Georgia | 1995 |
| Skeet Jones Virginia | 1995 |
| Whit Marshall Georgia | 1995 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1913 · Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., Oct 26, 1913

1914 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 25, 1914

1915 · The Birmingham age-herald, Oct 24, 1915

1916 · The Washington herald, Oct 22, 1916

1919 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 8, 1919
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
| Dec 24, 2000 | 24Georgia 37, Virginia 14 | Neutral site | Oahu Bowl | |
| Dec 31, 1998 | 19Georgia 35, 13Virginia 33 | Neutral site | Peach Bowl | |
| Dec 30, 1995 | 18Virginia 34, Georgia 27 | Neutral site | Peach Bowl | |
| Sep 5, 1987 | 20Georgia 30, Virginia 22 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 3, 1979 | Virginia 31, Georgia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 1, 1927 | Georgia 32, Virginia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 2, 1926 | Georgia 27, Virginia 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 3, 1925 | Virginia 7, Georgia 6 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 8, 1924 | Georgia 7, Virginia 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 10, 1923 | Georgia 13, Virginia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 11, 1922 | Virginia 6, Georgia 6 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 6, 1921 | Georgia 21, Virginia 0 | at Georgia | ||
| Nov 6, 1920 | Virginia 0, Georgia 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 7, 1919 | Georgia 7, Virginia 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 21, 1916 | Georgia 13, Virginia 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 23, 1915 | Virginia 9, Georgia 7 | at Georgia | ||
| Oct 24, 1914 | Virginia 28, Georgia 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 25, 1913 | Virginia 13, Georgia 6 | at Georgia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.