Virginia vs. Washington and Lee

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

1. Virginia’s biggest win1890: Virginia 46, Washington and Lee 0by 46 points
2. Washington and Lee’s biggest win1951: Washington and Lee 42, Virginia 14by 28 points
3. Upset1907: Washington and Lee 6, Virginia 5Washington and Lee had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1932: Washington and Lee 7, Virginia 0Washington and Lee had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Virginia’s side (Neale 0–⁠3 against DeHart). 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 · Lexington gazette, Lexington, Va., Nov 13, 1907

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  1922 · Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, Nov 5, 1922

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  1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 4, 1928

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  1933 · The Washington times, Nov 14, 1933

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  1936 · The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 26, 1936

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. VMI78 meetings, Virginia 53–⁠23–⁠2
• Washington and Lee vs. Virginia Tech45 meetings, Washington and Lee 20–⁠20–⁠5
• Washington and Lee vs. West Virginia33 meetings, Washington and Lee 5–⁠24–⁠4
• Washington and Lee vs. Davidson21 meetings, Washington and Lee 14–⁠6–⁠1
• Washington and Lee vs. Maryland20 meetings, Washington and Lee 5–⁠13–⁠2