Richmond vs. West Virginia

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

1. Richmond’s biggest win1973: Richmond 38, West Virginia 17by 21 points
2. West Virginia’s biggest win1965: West Virginia 56, Richmond 0by 56 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Richmond’s side (Merrick 0–⁠5 against Lewis). 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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  1950 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1950

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  1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 14, 1951

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1956

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. Virginia Tech51 meetings, Richmond 10–⁠37–⁠4
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1
• West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh101 meetings, West Virginia 37–⁠61–⁠3
• West Virginia vs. Penn State61 meetings, West Virginia 9–⁠50–⁠2
• West Virginia vs. Syracuse61 meetings, West Virginia 27–⁠34
• West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech54 meetings, West Virginia 30–⁠23–⁠1