Richmond vs. VMI

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

1. Richmond’s biggest win2006: Richmond 58, VMI 7by 51 points
2. VMI’s biggest win1929: VMI 40, Richmond 0by 40 points
3. Upset1956: VMI 35, Richmond 20VMI had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1944: VMI 26, Richmond 20VMI had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1983: Richmond 35, VMI 19Richmond had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Richmond’s side (Dobson 3–⁠3–⁠1 against Raftery). 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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  1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 16, 1938

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  1945 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1945

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  1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 9, 1959

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. Virginia Tech51 meetings, Richmond 10–⁠37–⁠4
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1
• Richmond vs. Virginia29 meetings, Richmond 3–⁠24–⁠2
• VMI vs. Virginia78 meetings, VMI 23–⁠53–⁠2
• VMI vs. Virginia Tech75 meetings, VMI 23–⁠47–⁠5
• VMI vs. William & Mary65 meetings, VMI 27–⁠36–⁠2
• VMI vs. The Citadel60 meetings, VMI 26–⁠33–⁠1