Vanderbilt vs. Virginia
Vanderbilt and Virginia have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1912; Vanderbilt leads the series 12–5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Vanderbilt 8–2, and Vanderbilt has won the last 3. Share
2028 at Vanderbilt; 2031 at Virginia. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).
- Vanderbilt wins
- 12
- Virginia wins
- 5
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1912
- Longest streak
- 5 Vanderbilt
- Current streak
- 3 Vanderbilt
- Last 10 meetings
- Vanderbilt 8–2
- Most recent
- 1975
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 3–3 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 1–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.2 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Vanderbilt
- 8–1–1 Vanderbilt’s record at home
- At Virginia
- 4–4 Virginia’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Vanderbilt’s biggest win1928: Vanderbilt 34, Virginia 0by 34 points
- Virginia’s biggest win1913: Virginia 34, Vanderbilt 0by 34 points
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.
From the newspapers

1912 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 3, 1912

1913 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 2, 1913

1914 · The Anderson daily intelligencer, Anderson, S.C., Nov 1, 1914

1915 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Nov 7, 1915

1916 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 29, 1916
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
| Nov 1, 1975 | Vanderbilt 17, Virginia 14 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Oct 6, 1973 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 22 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | Vanderbilt 10, Virginia 7 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 23 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 24, 1959 | Vanderbilt 33, Virginia 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 25, 1958 | Vanderbilt 39, Virginia 6 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 3, 1956 | Vanderbilt 6, Virginia 2 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 29, 1955 | Vanderbilt 34, Virginia 7 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Oct 24, 1953 | Vanderbilt 28, Virginia 13 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Sep 27, 1952 | Virginia 27, Vanderbilt 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 27, 1928 | Vanderbilt 34, Virginia 0 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 20, 1920 | Vanderbilt 7, Virginia 7 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 15, 1919 | Vanderbilt 10, Virginia 6 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 28, 1916 | Vanderbilt 27, Virginia 6 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 6, 1915 | Virginia 35, Vanderbilt 10 | at Virginia | ||
| Oct 31, 1914 | Virginia 20, Vanderbilt 7 | at Vanderbilt | ||
| Nov 1, 1913 | Virginia 34, Vanderbilt 0 | at Virginia | ||
| Nov 2, 1912 | Vanderbilt 13, Virginia 0 | at Vanderbilt |
Every game is listed as played on the field.