Roanoke vs. Virginia

Roanoke and Virginia first met in 1910 and have played 4 times; Virginia leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Virginia 4–⁠0, and Virginia has won the last 4.

Roanoke wins
0
Virginia wins
4
Ties
0
First meeting
1910
Longest streak
4 Virginia
Current streak
4 Virginia
Last 10 meetings
Virginia 4–⁠0
Most recent
1932

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠3
Average margin
22 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Virginia
4–⁠0 Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Roanoke and Virginia, 1910 on1300150017001910191519201925193019351940

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 Evening star's story of the 1930 game: VIRGINIA j. EASILY DEFEATS ROANOKE Long Runs and Passes Start Soon After Kickoff for $40 Victory.

    1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 21, 1930

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1931 game: FIGURE $1,000. COLLEGE LADS ON GR|D|RON

    1931 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Sep 21, 1931

  • The Evening star's story of the 1932 game: Foot Ball Results LOCAL TEAMS.

    1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932

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

Oct 8, 1932Virginia 12, Roanoke 0at Virginia
Sep 19, 1931Virginia 18, Roanoke 0at Virginia
Sep 20, 1930Virginia 37, Roanoke 0at Virginia
Oct 15, 1910Virginia 21, Roanoke 0at Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.