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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠3–⁠1
1920s5–⁠1–⁠2
1970s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
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

  1. Georgia’s biggest win1927: Georgia 32, Virginia 0by 32 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1979: Virginia 31, Georgia 0by 31 points
  3. Upset1979: Virginia 31, Georgia 0Virginia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1925: Virginia 7, Georgia 6Virginia had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown1998: Georgia 35, Virginia 33No. 13 Virginia at No. 19 Georgia

Coach against coach

YearsGeorgiaSeriesVirginia
1923–⁠1927George Woodruff4–⁠1Greasy 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Georgia and Virginia, 1913 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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 Virginia1995
Hines Ward Georgia1995
Skeet Jones Virginia1995
Whit Marshall Georgia1995

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

From the newspapers

  • The Atlanta Georgian's story of the 1913 game: VIRGINIA TAKES HOT STRUGGLE FROM GEORGIA Forward Pass Decides Battle Dur ing Final Minutes of Play. Score Is Is to 6.

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

  • The The times dispatch's story of the 1914 game: JON MUDDY FIELD, VIRGINIA DEFEATS GEORGIA, Is TO 0 5000 Spectators, Including Girls From Randolpll-Macona and Sweet briar Colleges, Witness Game. GoocH's RUNS SPECTACULAR Virginia's Quarter Back Does Bril-. liant Work-Capt. Mayer Carries Ball Over for Two Touchdowns in First and Second Quarte

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

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1915 game: FIELD GOAL ENABLES VIRGINIA ID SCORE WIN OVER GEORGIA Tibbett Puts Ball Between Posts as Whistle Blows for Ending of Game

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

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1916 game: GEORGIA TEAM wins FROM old VIRGINIA Charlottesville Collegians Are Trim med by Southern Rival for First Time in Three Years.

    1916 · The Washington herald, Oct 22, 1916

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1919 game: VIRGINIA SPRINGS A BIG SURPRISE Old Dominion Eleven Ties Georgia by Last Min ute Rally

    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, 200024Georgia 37, Virginia 14Neutral siteOahu Bowl
Dec 31, 199819Georgia 35, 13Virginia 33Neutral sitePeach Bowl
Dec 30, 199518Virginia 34, Georgia 27Neutral sitePeach Bowl
Sep 5, 198720Georgia 30, Virginia 22at Georgia
Nov 3, 1979Virginia 31, Georgia 0at Georgia
Oct 1, 1927Georgia 32, Virginia 0at Georgia
Oct 2, 1926Georgia 27, Virginia 7at Virginia
Oct 3, 1925Virginia 7, Georgia 6at Georgia
Nov 8, 1924Georgia 7, Virginia 0at Virginia
Nov 10, 1923Georgia 13, Virginia 0at Georgia
Nov 11, 1922Virginia 6, Georgia 6at Virginia
Nov 6, 1921Georgia 21, Virginia 0at Georgia
Nov 6, 1920Virginia 0, Georgia 0at Virginia
Nov 7, 1919Georgia 7, Virginia 7at Georgia
Oct 21, 1916Georgia 13, Virginia 7at Virginia
Oct 23, 1915Virginia 9, Georgia 7at Georgia
Oct 24, 1914Virginia 28, Georgia 0at Virginia
Oct 25, 1913Virginia 13, Georgia 6at Georgia

Every game is listed as played on the field.