Maryland vs. Virginia

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

1. Maryland’s biggest win1959: Maryland 55, Virginia 12by 43 points
2. Virginia’s biggest win1997: Virginia 45, Maryland 0by 45 points
3. Upset1990: Maryland 35, Virginia 30Maryland had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1945: Maryland 19, Virginia 13Maryland had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1970: Maryland 17, Virginia 14Maryland had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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

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.

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  1919 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 12, 1919

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  1925 · San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., Oct 25, 1925

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  1926 · Evening star, Nov 14, 1926

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  1928 · Evening star, Nov 18, 1928

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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 4, 1930

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Maryland vs. North Carolina70 meetings, Maryland 32–⁠37–⁠1
• Maryland vs. NC State70 meetings, Maryland 34–⁠32–⁠4
• Maryland vs. Clemson62 meetings, Maryland 26–⁠34–⁠2
• Maryland vs. Wake Forest62 meetings, Maryland 43–⁠18–⁠1
• Virginia vs. North Carolina120 meetings, Virginia 51–⁠65–⁠4
• Virginia vs. Virginia Tech101 meetings, Virginia 34–⁠62–⁠5
• Virginia vs. VMI78 meetings, Virginia 53–⁠23–⁠2
• Virginia vs. Duke74 meetings, Virginia 40–⁠34