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Penn State vs. Virginia

Penn State and Virginia have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1954; Penn State leads the series 4–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Penn State 4–⁠3.

Penn State wins
4
Virginia wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1954
Longest streak
3 Penn State
Current streak
1 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Penn State 4–⁠3
Most recent
2012

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s2–⁠0
1980s1–⁠1
2000s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠1
Average margin
15.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Penn State
2–⁠1 Penn State’s record at home
At Virginia
2–⁠2 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. Penn State’s biggest win1988: Penn State 42, Virginia 14by 28 points
  2. Virginia’s biggest win1989: Virginia 14, Penn State 6by 8 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Penn State and Virginia, 1954 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 Evening star's story of the 1955 game: PENN STATE VIRGINIA ------- Georgia Trims Tar Heels, 18-7, As Young Stars

    1955 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 9, 1955

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

Sep 8, 2012Virginia 17, Penn State 16at Virginia
Nov 9, 200219Penn State 35, Virginia 14at Penn State
Dec 1, 2001Virginia 20, Penn State 14at Virginia
Sep 9, 1989Virginia 14, 12Penn State 6at Penn State
Sep 10, 198818Penn State 42, Virginia 14at Virginia
Oct 8, 1955Penn State 26, Virginia 7at Virginia
Oct 9, 195412Penn State 34, Virginia 7at Penn State

Every game is listed as played on the field.