Virginia Tech vs. Washington and Lee

Virginia Tech and Washington and Lee have 45 meetings on file, the first in 1902; the series is tied 20–⁠20–⁠5 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Virginia Tech 5–⁠4.

Virginia Tech wins
20
Washington and Lee wins
20
Ties
5
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
6 Virginia Tech
Current streak
1 Virginia Tech
Last 10 meetings
Virginia Tech 5–⁠4
Most recent
1953

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s5–⁠1
1910s2–⁠5–⁠1
1920s4–⁠5–⁠1
1930s3–⁠5–⁠2
1940s5–⁠1–⁠1
1950s1–⁠3
Average margin
13.5 points; 13 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Virginia Tech
13–⁠0–⁠1 Virginia Tech’s record at home
At Washington and Lee
18–⁠2–⁠3 Washington and Lee’s record at home
Neutral sites
5–⁠2–⁠1 Virginia Tech first
Shutouts
22

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1922: Virginia Tech 41, Washington and Lee 6by 35 points
  2. Washington and Lee’s biggest win1951: Washington and Lee 60, Virginia Tech 0by 60 points
  3. Upset1902: Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 0Washington and Lee had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsVirginia TechSeriesWashington and Lee
1922–⁠1925B.C. Cubbage1–⁠2–⁠1Jimmy DeHart

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Virginia Tech’s side (Cubbage 1–⁠2–⁠1 against DeHart). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Virginia Tech and Washington and Lee, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1938 game: FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma

    1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 24, 1938

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 28, 1940

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

Oct 24, 1953Virginia Tech 32, Washington and Lee 12at Virginia Tech
Oct 25, 1952Washington and Lee 34, Virginia Tech 27at Washington and Lee
Nov 3, 1951Washington and Lee 60, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 4, 1950Washington and Lee 25, Virginia Tech 7at Washington and Lee
Nov 5, 1949Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 6Neutral site
Nov 6, 1948Washington and Lee 14, Virginia Tech 7Neutral site
Nov 8, 1947Virginia Tech 27, Washington and Lee 14Neutral site
Nov 9, 1946Virginia Tech 13, Washington and Lee 7Neutral site
Oct 24, 1942Virginia Tech 19, Washington and Lee 6Neutral site
Oct 25, 1941Virginia Tech 13, Washington and Lee 3Neutral site
Oct 26, 1940Virginia Tech 21, Washington and Lee 0Neutral site
Oct 28, 1939Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 0Neutral site
Oct 22, 1938Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 23, 1937Virginia Tech 19, Washington and Lee 7at Virginia Tech
Nov 7, 1936Washington and Lee 27, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 26, 1935Virginia Tech 15, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 27, 1934Washington and Lee 13, Virginia Tech 7at Washington and Lee
Nov 4, 1933Virginia Tech 7, Washington and Lee 7at Virginia Tech
Oct 29, 1932Virginia Tech 32, Washington and Lee 6at Washington and Lee
Nov 6, 1931Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 1, 1930Washington and Lee 0, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 2, 1929Virginia Tech 36, Washington and Lee 6at Virginia Tech
Nov 17, 1928Virginia Tech 13, Washington and Lee 7at Washington and Lee
Nov 12, 1927Virginia Tech 21, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Nov 13, 1926Washington and Lee 13, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 24, 1925Washington and Lee 20, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 25, 1924Washington and Lee 0, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 27, 1923Washington and Lee 12, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 18, 1922Virginia Tech 41, Washington and Lee 6at Virginia Tech
Oct 29, 1921Washington and Lee 3, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 30, 1920Washington and Lee 13, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 1, 1919Washington and Lee 3, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 2, 1918Virginia Tech 13, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 16, 1915Washington and Lee 13, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Oct 31, 1914Washington and Lee 7, Virginia Tech 6at Washington and Lee
Nov 1, 1913Washington and Lee 21, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee
Nov 9, 1912Washington and Lee 20, Virginia Tech 6at Washington and Lee
Oct 28, 1911Washington and Lee 5, Virginia Tech 5at Washington and Lee
Oct 29, 1910Virginia Tech 23, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 30, 1909Virginia Tech 34, Washington and Lee 6at Virginia Tech
Oct 31, 1908Virginia Tech 15, Washington and Lee 4at Virginia Tech
Oct 19, 1907Virginia Tech 5, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Nov 11, 1905Virginia Tech 15, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 7, 1904Virginia Tech 24, Washington and Lee 0at Virginia Tech
Oct 11, 1902Washington and Lee 6, Virginia Tech 0at Washington and Lee

Every game is listed as played on the field.