Richmond vs. William & Mary

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

1. Richmond’s biggest win2015: Richmond 48, William & Mary 13by 35 points
2. William & Mary’s biggest win1974: William & Mary 54, Richmond 12by 42 points
3. Upset1967: Richmond 16, William & Mary 7Richmond had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1963: William & Mary 29, Richmond 6William & Mary had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1974: William & Mary 54, Richmond 12William & Mary 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 0–⁠3 against Tasker). 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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  1942 · The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, Nov 27, 1942

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  1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 28, 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.

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  The 2009 game

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  The 2009 game

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  The 2009 game

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  The 2009 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• 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
• Richmond vs. Virginia29 meetings, Richmond 3–⁠24–⁠2
• William & Mary vs. VMI65 meetings, William & Mary 36–⁠27–⁠2
• William & Mary vs. Virginia Tech64 meetings, William & Mary 18–⁠42–⁠4
• William & Mary vs. Navy42 meetings, William & Mary 6–⁠35–⁠1
• William & Mary vs. Virginia40 meetings, William & Mary 6–⁠33–⁠1