Randolph Macon vs. Richmond

Randolph Macon and Richmond first met in 1909 and have played 29 times; Richmond leads the series 23–⁠2–⁠4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Richmond 10–⁠0, and Richmond has won the last 12.

Randolph Macon wins
2
Richmond wins
23
Ties
4
First meeting
1909
Longest streak
12 Richmond
Current streak
12 Richmond
Last 10 meetings
Richmond 10–⁠0
Most recent
1957

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠5
1930s0–⁠4–⁠3
1940s1–⁠6
1950s0–⁠8
Average margin
21.8 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Richmond
23–⁠2–⁠4 Richmond’s record at home
Shutouts
17

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Randolph Macon’s biggest win1909: Randolph Macon 29, Richmond 3by 26 points
  2. Richmond’s biggest win1921: Richmond 49, Randolph Macon 0by 49 points
  3. Upset1909: Randolph Macon 29, Richmond 3Randolph Macon had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1942: Randolph Macon 6, Richmond 0Randolph Macon had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Randolph Macon and Richmond, 1909 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 Washington herald's story of the 1909 game: NEITHER SIDE SCORES. Randolph Macon and Richmond Col Iege Play 20 StRndstIn.

    1909 · The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., Oct 10, 1909

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1935 game: Pickups and PutOutS

    1935 · The Washington times, Sep 30, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game: Richmond Downs RIM. With Late STRENGTH

    1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 21, 1947

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 21, 1957Richmond 40, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 21, 1956Richmond 38, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 17, 1955Richmond 33, Randolph Macon 6at Richmond
Sep 18, 1954Richmond 46, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 18, 1953Richmond 28, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 20, 1952Richmond 34, Randolph Macon 19at Richmond
Sep 22, 1951Richmond 13, Randolph Macon 6at Richmond
Sep 23, 1950Richmond 20, Randolph Macon 6at Richmond
Sep 17, 1949Richmond 27, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 18, 1948Richmond 35, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 20, 1947Richmond 28, Randolph Macon 7at Richmond
Sep 21, 1946Richmond 46, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Oct 10, 1942Randolph Macon 6, Richmond 0at Richmond
Sep 27, 1941Richmond 26, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 28, 1940Richmond 28, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 30, 1939Richmond 26, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Oct 1, 1938Richmond 12, Randolph Macon 7at Richmond
Sep 24, 1937Richmond 6, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Sep 26, 1936Richmond 7, Randolph Macon 7at Richmond
Sep 28, 1935Richmond 6, Randolph Macon 6at Richmond
Nov 4, 1933Richmond 27, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Nov 5, 1932Richmond 6, Randolph Macon 6at Richmond
Oct 23, 1925Richmond 22, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Oct 25, 1924Richmond 25, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Nov 3, 1923Richmond 12, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Nov 4, 1922Richmond 43, Randolph Macon 13at Richmond
Nov 12, 1921Richmond 49, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond
Nov 26, 1909Randolph Macon 29, Richmond 3at Richmond
Oct 9, 1909Richmond 0, Randolph Macon 0at Richmond

Every game is listed as played on the field.