Lafayette vs. Richmond
Lafayette and Richmond have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1922; Lafayette leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Lafayette 4–1. Share
- Lafayette wins
- 4
- Richmond wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1922
- Longest streak
- 4 Lafayette
- Current streak
- 1 Richmond
- Last 10 meetings
- Lafayette 4–1
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 12.4 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Lafayette
- 2–1 Lafayette’s record at home
- At Richmond
- 0–1 Richmond’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Lafayette first
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Lafayette’s biggest win1922: Lafayette 34, Richmond 0by 34 points
- Richmond’s biggest win2026: Richmond 40, Lafayette 31by 9 points
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

1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Oct 1, 1922
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 3, 2026 | Richmond 40, Lafayette 31 | at Lafayette | ||
| Nov 15, 2025 | Lafayette 35, Richmond 28 | at Richmond | ||
| Sep 10, 2005 | Lafayette 7, Richmond 0 | at Lafayette | ||
| Sep 25, 2004 | Lafayette 21, Richmond 16 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 30, 1922 | Lafayette 34, Richmond 0 | at Lafayette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.