Princeton vs. Virginia Tech

Princeton and Virginia Tech have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1908; Princeton leads the series 3–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Princeton 3–⁠0, and Princeton has won the last 3.

Princeton wins
3
Virginia Tech wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1908
Longest streak
3 Princeton
Current streak
3 Princeton
Last 10 meetings
Princeton 3–⁠0
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s1–⁠0
Average margin
13 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Princeton
3–⁠0 Princeton’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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 Princeton and Virginia Tech, 1908 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Detroit times's story of the 1908 game: Saturdays Football

    1908 · The Detroit times, Michigan, Oct 19, 1908

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 12, 1912Princeton 31, Virginia Tech 0at Princeton
Oct 13, 1909Princeton 8, Virginia Tech 6at Princeton
Oct 17, 1908Princeton 10, Virginia Tech 4at Princeton

Every game is listed as played on the field.