Sewanee vs. Virginia

Sewanee and Virginia first met in 1907 and have played 3 times; Sewanee leads the series 2–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Sewanee 2–⁠0.

Sewanee wins
2
Virginia wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1907
Longest streak
1 Sewanee
Current streak
1 Sewanee
Last 10 meetings
Sewanee 2–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0–⁠1
1930s1–⁠0
Average margin
5 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Sewanee
0–⁠0–⁠1 Sewanee’s record at home
At Virginia
0–⁠2 Virginia’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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 Sewanee and Virginia, 1907 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Washington times's story of the 1907 game: Virginia Defeat a Surprise University Could Not Cope With Sewanee Weight in Rain.

    1907 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 3, 1907

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 10, 1931Sewanee 3, Virginia 0at Virginia
Oct 17, 1908Sewanee 0, Virginia 0at Sewanee
Nov 2, 1907Sewanee 12, Virginia 0at Virginia

Every game is listed as played on the field.