Tulane vs. Virginia Tech
Tulane and Virginia Tech have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1956; Virginia Tech leads the series 6–4 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 6–4, and Virginia Tech has won the last 2. Share
- Tulane wins
- 4
- Virginia Tech wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1956
- Longest streak
- 2 Virginia Tech
- Current streak
- 2 Virginia Tech
- Last 10 meetings
- Virginia Tech 6–4
- Most recent
- 2023
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 11.6 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Tulane
- 4–3 Tulane’s record at home
- At Virginia Tech
- 2–0 Virginia Tech’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Tulane first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Tulane’s biggest win1987: Tulane 57, Virginia Tech 38by 19 points
- Virginia Tech’s biggest win2023: Virginia Tech 41, Tulane 20by 21 points
- Upset2023: Virginia Tech 41, Tulane 20Virginia Tech had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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.
Stars of the series
Named most valuable
| Kyron Drones Virginia Tech | 2023 |
Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).
From the newspapers

1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 23, 1956

1962 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 8, 1962
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
| Dec 27, 2023 | Virginia Tech 41, 23Tulane 20 | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | Military Bowl | |
| Oct 28, 1989 | Virginia Tech 30, Tulane 13 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Oct 24, 1987 | Tulane 57, Virginia Tech 38 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1984 | Virginia Tech 13, Tulane 6 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 5, 1983 | Virginia Tech 26, Tulane 10 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 17, 1966 | Tulane 13, Virginia Tech 0 | at Tulane | ||
| Nov 3, 1962 | Virginia Tech 24, Tulane 22 | at Tulane | ||
| Oct 14, 1961 | Tulane 27, Virginia Tech 14 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 20, 1957 | Virginia Tech 14, Tulane 13 | at Tulane | ||
| Sep 22, 1956 | Tulane 21, Virginia Tech 14 | at Tulane |
Every game is listed as played on the field.