Hampden Sydney vs. Virginia
Hampden Sydney and Virginia first met in 1909 and have played 19 times; Virginia leads the series 16–1–2. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia 8–1, and Virginia has won the last 7. Share
- Hampden Sydney wins
- 1
- Virginia wins
- 16
- Ties
- 2
- First meeting
- 1909
- Longest streak
- 7 Virginia
- Current streak
- 7 Virginia
- Last 10 meetings
- Virginia 8–1
- Most recent
- 1946
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–3–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–4 |
- Average margin
- 23.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Virginia
- 16–1–2 Virginia’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 12
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Hampden Sydney’s biggest win1935: Hampden Sydney 12, Virginia 7by 5 points
- Virginia’s biggest win1946: Virginia 71, Hampden Sydney 0by 71 points
- Upset1935: Hampden Sydney 12, Virginia 7Hampden Sydney had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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.
From the newspapers

1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Sep 28, 1925

1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936

1944 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 24, 1944
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
| Sep 28, 1946 | Virginia 71, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 23, 1944 | Virginia 37, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 26, 1942 | Virginia 12, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 20, 1941 | Virginia 41, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 23, 1939 | Virginia 26, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 25, 1937 | Virginia 13, Hampden Sydney 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Virginia 26, Hampden Sydney 10 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 28, 1935 | Hampden Sydney 12, Virginia 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Virginia 8, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 23, 1933 | Virginia 7, Hampden Sydney 7 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 24, 1932 | Virginia 32, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 24, 1927 | Virginia 38, Hampden Sydney 6 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 25, 1926 | Virginia 0, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 26, 1925 | Virginia 40, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 27, 1924 | Virginia 13, Hampden Sydney 9 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 11, 1913 | Virginia 53, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 12, 1912 | Virginia 10, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 23, 1911 | Virginia 23, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Sep 25, 1909 | Virginia 37, Hampden Sydney 0 | at Virginia |
Every game is listed as played on the field.