Villanova vs. Virginia Tech

Villanova and Virginia Tech have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1957; Virginia Tech leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 5–⁠0, and Virginia Tech has won the last 5.

Villanova wins
0
Virginia Tech wins
5
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1957
Longest streak
5 Virginia Tech
Current streak
5 Virginia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Virginia Tech 5–⁠0
Most recent
1970

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠2
1960s0–⁠2
1970s0–⁠1
Average margin
9.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Villanova
0–⁠1 Villanova’s record at home
At Virginia Tech
4–⁠0 Virginia Tech’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1970: Virginia Tech 34, Villanova 7by 27 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Villanova and Virginia Tech, 1957 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

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 1959 game: Bod Center Snap Helps VPI Down ViIIonovu, 24-14

    1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 25, 1959

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 7, 1970Virginia Tech 34, Villanova 7at Virginia Tech
Oct 7, 1967Virginia Tech 3, Villanova 0at Virginia Tech
Nov 13, 1965Virginia Tech 21, Villanova 19at Virginia Tech
Oct 24, 1959Virginia Tech 24, Villanova 14at Villanova
Oct 12, 1957Virginia Tech 21, Villanova 14at Virginia Tech

Every game is listed as played on the field.