Michigan vs. Virginia

Michigan and Virginia have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Michigan leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Michigan 3–⁠0, and Michigan has won the last 3.

Michigan wins
3
Virginia wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
3 Michigan
Current streak
3 Michigan
Last 10 meetings
Michigan 3–⁠0
Most recent
1995

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Michigan 1, Virginia 0
Average margin
31.7 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
2–⁠0 Michigan’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Michigan first
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and Virginia, 1899 on13001500170019001900192019401960198020002020

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

  • The The times's story of the 1899 game: VIRGINIA TEAM WAS TOO LIGHT Michigan Makes Touch Downs by Tearing up the Center. THE SCORE WAS 38 TO 0 Varsity Averaged One Hundred and Twenty-Five and Michigan One Hundred aud Seventy-Two. Fine Playing by Virginia.

    1899 · The times, Richmond, Va., Nov 5, 1899

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

Aug 26, 199514Michigan 18, 17Virginia 17Neutral site
Sep 18, 19714Michigan 56, Virginia 0at Michigan
Nov 4, 1899Michigan 38, Virginia 0at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.