Louisville vs. Virginia

Louisville and Virginia have 14 meetings on file, the first in 1988; Louisville leads the series 8–⁠6 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Louisville 6–⁠4.

Scheduled 2027 at Virginia; 2030 at Louisville. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Louisville wins
8
Virginia wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1988
Longest streak
3 Louisville
Current streak
1 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Louisville 6–⁠4
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠1
2010s4–⁠2
2020s3–⁠3
Average margin
8.1 points; 10 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Louisville
5–⁠2 Louisville’s record at home
At Virginia
4–⁠3 Virginia’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Louisville’s biggest win2022: Louisville 34, Virginia 17by 17 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win2018: Virginia 27, Louisville 3by 24 points
  3. Upset2014: Virginia 23, Louisville 21Virginia had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2025: Virginia 30, Louisville 27Virginia had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsLouisvilleSeriesVirginia
2016–⁠2018Bobby Petrino2–⁠1Bronco Mendenhall
2019–⁠2021Scott Satterfield1–⁠2Bronco Mendenhall
2023–⁠2025Jeff Brohm2–⁠1Tony Elliott

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Louisville’s side (Petrino 2–⁠1 against Mendenhall). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Louisville and Virginia, 1988 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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 Virginia40 of 60, 487 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT2021 Passing
Malik Cunningham Louisville20 carries, 197 yards, 2 TD2020 Rushing
Chris Bell Louisville12 catches, 170 yards, 2 TD2025 Receiving
Micah Kiser Virginia14 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 for loss2016 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

2025The CW0.6 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 4, 202524Virginia 30, Louisville 27at Louisville
Oct 12, 2024Louisville 24, Virginia 20at Virginia
Nov 9, 202311Louisville 31, Virginia 24at Louisville
Oct 8, 2022Louisville 34, Virginia 17at Virginia
Oct 9, 2021Virginia 34, Louisville 33at Louisville
Nov 14, 2020Virginia 31, Louisville 17at Virginia
Oct 26, 2019Louisville 28, Virginia 21at Louisville
Sep 22, 2018Virginia 27, Louisville 3at Virginia
Nov 11, 2017Louisville 38, Virginia 21at Louisville
Oct 29, 20165Louisville 32, Virginia 25at Virginia
Nov 14, 2015Louisville 38, Virginia 31at Louisville
Sep 13, 2014Virginia 23, 21Louisville 21at Virginia
Oct 28, 1989Virginia 16, Louisville 15at Virginia
Oct 15, 1988Louisville 30, Virginia 28at Louisville

Every game is listed as played on the field.