Richmond vs. Virginia Tech

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

1. Richmond’s biggest win1950: Richmond 32, Virginia Tech 12by 20 points
2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1909: Virginia Tech 52, Richmond 0by 52 points
3. Upset1985: Richmond 24, Virginia Tech 14Richmond had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1980: Richmond 18, Virginia Tech 7Richmond had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1949: Virginia Tech 28, Richmond 13Virginia Tech had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Richmond’s side (Thistlethwaite 3–⁠1–⁠1 against Redd). 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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  1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 30, 1941

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  1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 17, 1947

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  1950 · Evening star, Nov 12, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, Nov 18, 1951

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  1952 · Evening star, Nov 2, 1952

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.

• Richmond vs. William & Mary81 meetings, Richmond 39–⁠40–⁠2
• Richmond vs. VMI70 meetings, Richmond 33–⁠32–⁠5
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1
• Richmond vs. Virginia29 meetings, Richmond 3–⁠24–⁠2
• Virginia Tech vs. Virginia101 meetings, Virginia Tech 62–⁠34–⁠5
• Virginia Tech vs. VMI75 meetings, Virginia Tech 47–⁠23–⁠5
• Virginia Tech vs. William & Mary64 meetings, Virginia Tech 42–⁠18–⁠4
• Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia54 meetings, Virginia Tech 23–⁠30–⁠1