Illinois vs. Virginia
Illinois and Virginia have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1989; Illinois leads the series 3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Illinois 3–1. Share
- Illinois wins
- 3
- Virginia wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1989
- Longest streak
- 2 Illinois
- Current streak
- 1 Illinois
- Last 10 meetings
- Illinois 3–1
- Most recent
- 2022
The series at a glance
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Illinois 1, Virginia 0
- Average margin
- 25.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Illinois
- 1–0 Illinois’s record at home
- At Virginia
- 1–0 Virginia’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Illinois first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
Biggest days
| Brennan Armstrong Virginia | 27 of 36, 405 yards, 5 TD, 1 INT | 2021 Passing |
Named most valuable
| Kurt Kittner Illinois | 1999 |
| Jeff George Illinois | 1989 |
Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
Every game
| Sep 10, 2022 | Illinois 24, Virginia 3 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 11, 2021 | Virginia 42, Illinois 14 | at Virginia | ||
| Dec 30, 1999 | Illinois 63, Virginia 21 | Neutral site | MicronPC.com Bowl | |
| Jan 1, 1990 | 11Illinois 31, 15Virginia 21 | Neutral site | Citrus Bowl |
Every game is listed as played on the field.