Virginia Tech vs. VMI
Virginia Tech and VMI have 75 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Virginia Tech leads the series 47–23–5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 9–1, and Virginia Tech has won the last 4. Share
- Virginia Tech wins
- 47
- VMI wins
- 23
- Ties
- 5
- Earliest on file
- 1902
- Longest streak
- 6 Virginia Tech
- Current streak
- 4 Virginia Tech
- Last 10 meetings
- Virginia Tech 9–1
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 5–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 4–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 7–1–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–5–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 7–3 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 7–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 16.8 points; 25 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Virginia Tech
- 25–2–3 Virginia Tech’s record at home
- At VMI
- 7–0 VMI’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 22–14–2 Virginia Tech first
- Shutouts
- 24
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Virginia Tech’s biggest win2026: Virginia Tech 73, VMI 3by 70 points
- VMI’s biggest win1950: VMI 27, Virginia Tech 0by 27 points
- Upset1973: VMI 22, Virginia Tech 21VMI had a 19% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1981: VMI 6, Virginia Tech 0VMI had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1967: VMI 12, Virginia Tech 10VMI had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Virginia Tech | Series | VMI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921–1925 | B.C. Cubbage | 3–1–1 | Blandy Clarkson |
| 1927–1929 | Andy Gustafson | 0–3 | W.C. Raftery |
| 1932–1936 | Henry Redd | 4–0–1 | W.C. Raftery |
| 1953–1960 | Frank Moseley | 5–3 | John McKenna |
| 1961–1965 | Jerry Claiborne | 3–2 | John McKenna |
| 1966–1970 | Jerry Claiborne | 4–1 | Vito Ragazzo |
| 1974–1977 | Jimmy Sharpe | 3–1 | Bob Thalman |
| 1978–1981 | Bill Dooley | 3–1 | Bob Thalman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Virginia Tech’s side (Cubbage 3–1–1 against Clarkson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
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
| Sep 5, 2026 | Virginia Tech 73, VMI 3 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Oct 6, 1984 | Virginia Tech 54, VMI 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Sep 24, 1983 | Virginia Tech 28, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 20, 1982 | Virginia Tech 14, VMI 3 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 21, 1981 | VMI 6, Virginia Tech 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 15, 1980 | Virginia Tech 21, VMI 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 17, 1979 | Virginia Tech 27, VMI 20 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 18, 1978 | Virginia Tech 28, VMI 2 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 26, 1977 | Virginia Tech 27, VMI 7 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Oct 9, 1976 | Virginia Tech 37, VMI 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 15, 1975 | Virginia Tech 33, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Oct 5, 1974 | VMI 22, Virginia Tech 17 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 17, 1973 | VMI 22, Virginia Tech 21 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 27, 1971 | Virginia Tech 34, VMI 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 21, 1970 | Virginia Tech 20, VMI 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 27, 1969 | Virginia Tech 52, VMI 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1968 | Virginia Tech 55, VMI 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 23, 1967 | VMI 12, Virginia Tech 10 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 24, 1966 | Virginia Tech 70, VMI 12 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 25, 1965 | Virginia Tech 44, VMI 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 26, 1964 | Virginia Tech 35, VMI 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1963 | Virginia Tech 35, VMI 20 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 22, 1962 | VMI 14, Virginia Tech 9 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 23, 1961 | VMI 6, Virginia Tech 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 24, 1960 | Virginia Tech 13, VMI 12 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 26, 1959 | VMI 37, Virginia Tech 12 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 27, 1958 | Virginia Tech 21, VMI 16 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1957 | 17VMI 14, Virginia Tech 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 22, 1956 | Virginia Tech 45, VMI 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 24, 1955 | Virginia Tech 39, VMI 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 25, 1954 | 16Virginia Tech 46, VMI 9 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 26, 1953 | VMI 28, Virginia Tech 13 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 27, 1952 | Virginia Tech 26, VMI 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 22, 1951 | VMI 20, Virginia Tech 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 23, 1950 | VMI 27, Virginia Tech 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 24, 1949 | Virginia Tech 28, VMI 28 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 25, 1948 | VMI 33, Virginia Tech 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 27, 1947 | VMI 28, Virginia Tech 14 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1946 | Virginia Tech 20, VMI 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 22, 1945 | VMI 7, Virginia Tech 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 26, 1942 | Virginia Tech 20, VMI 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 20, 1941 | VMI 15, Virginia Tech 10 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 21, 1940 | VMI 14, Virginia Tech 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 30, 1939 | VMI 19, Virginia Tech 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 24, 1938 | Virginia Tech 2, VMI 2 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 25, 1937 | Virginia Tech 12, VMI 6 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 26, 1936 | Virginia Tech 6, VMI 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 28, 1935 | Virginia Tech 12, VMI 6 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 29, 1934 | Virginia Tech 13, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 30, 1933 | Virginia Tech 0, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 24, 1932 | Virginia Tech 26, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 26, 1931 | Virginia Tech 13, VMI 6 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 27, 1930 | Virginia Tech 24, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 28, 1929 | VMI 14, Virginia Tech 0 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 29, 1928 | VMI 16, Virginia Tech 6 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 24, 1927 | VMI 12, Virginia Tech 9 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 25, 1926 | Virginia Tech 14, VMI 7 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 26, 1925 | Virginia Tech 7, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 27, 1924 | Virginia Tech 0, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 29, 1923 | VMI 6, Virginia Tech 0 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 30, 1922 | Virginia Tech 7, VMI 3 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 24, 1921 | Virginia Tech 26, VMI 7 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 25, 1920 | VMI 24, Virginia Tech 7 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 27, 1919 | VMI 13, Virginia Tech 0 | at VMI | ||
| Nov 28, 1918 | Virginia Tech 6, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 29, 1917 | Virginia Tech 6, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 30, 1916 | Virginia Tech 23, VMI 14 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 25, 1915 | Virginia Tech 27, VMI 9 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 26, 1914 | Virginia Tech 3, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 27, 1913 | Virginia Tech 6, VMI 6 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Oct 24, 1908 | Virginia Tech 10, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 9, 1907 | Virginia Tech 22, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 30, 1905 | Virginia Tech 34, VMI 0 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 24, 1904 | Virginia Tech 17, VMI 5 | at Virginia Tech | ||
| Nov 27, 1902 | Virginia Tech 50, VMI 5 | at Virginia Tech |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

