Virginia vs. VMI

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

1. Virginia’s biggest win2013: Virginia 49, VMI 0by 49 points
2. VMI’s biggest win1923: VMI 35, Virginia 0by 35 points
3. Upset1942: VMI 38, Virginia 18VMI had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1961: Virginia 14, VMI 7Virginia had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1930: Virginia 13, VMI 0Virginia had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Virginia’s side (Neale 3–⁠1 against Clarkson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1907 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 20, 1907

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  1911 · The Washington herald, Oct 29, 1911

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  1912 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Oct 21, 1912

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  1915 · The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct 31, 1915

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  1916 · The Birmingham age-herald, Birmingham, Ala., Nov 19, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Virginia vs. North Carolina120 meetings, Virginia 51–⁠65–⁠4
• Virginia vs. Virginia Tech101 meetings, Virginia 34–⁠62–⁠5
• Virginia vs. Maryland80 meetings, Virginia 32–⁠46–⁠2
• Virginia vs. Duke74 meetings, Virginia 40–⁠34
• VMI vs. Virginia Tech75 meetings, VMI 23–⁠47–⁠5
• VMI vs. Richmond70 meetings, VMI 32–⁠33–⁠5
• VMI vs. William & Mary65 meetings, VMI 27–⁠36–⁠2
• VMI vs. The Citadel60 meetings, VMI 26–⁠33–⁠1