The Citadel vs. VMI

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

1. The Citadel’s biggest win1970: The Citadel 56, VMI 9by 47 points
2. VMI’s biggest win1954: VMI 42, The Citadel 0by 42 points
3. Upset2019: VMI 34, The Citadel 21VMI had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1958: The Citadel 14, VMI 6The Citadel had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1955: VMI 14, The Citadel 7VMI had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from The Citadel’s side (Decker 1–⁠3 against Nugent). 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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  1930 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 12, 1930

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  1952 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1952

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  1953 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1953

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  1954 · Evening star, Nov 15, 1954

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.

• The Citadel vs. Furman81 meetings, The Citadel 32–⁠47–⁠2
• The Citadel vs. Wofford56 meetings, The Citadel 30–⁠26
• The Citadel vs. Davidson54 meetings, The Citadel 29–⁠21–⁠4
• The Citadel vs. Presbyterian50 meetings, The Citadel 39–⁠10–⁠1
• VMI vs. Virginia78 meetings, VMI 23–⁠53–⁠2
• VMI vs. Virginia Tech75 meetings, VMI 23–⁠47–⁠5
• VMI vs. Richmond70 meetings, VMI 32–⁠33–⁠5
• VMI vs. William & Mary65 meetings, VMI 27–⁠36–⁠2