Virginia vs. Yale

Virginia and Yale have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1914; Yale leads the series 3–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Yale 3–⁠2.

Virginia wins
2
Yale wins
3
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1914
Longest streak
1 Yale
Current streak
0 tie
Last 10 meetings
Yale 3–⁠2
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠2
1940s1–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
16 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Yale
3–⁠2–⁠1 Yale’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Virginia’s biggest win1915: Virginia 10, Yale 0by 10 points
  2. Yale’s biggest win1916: Yale 61, Virginia 3by 58 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Virginia and Yale, 1914 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 Evening star's story of the 1914 game: NO C|NCH FOR YALE Dark Blue Scores Only Fl / Points Against Virginia. MAKES SEVEN ON A FLUKE Quarterback Gooch Scores Seven First Downs and Is Star II of Game.

    1914 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 4, 1914

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1915 game: VIRGINIA STAINS YALE'S BANNER WITH A DEFEAT SOutherners Score Ten Points. While Blue Is Helpless. FUMBLES MAR PLAY OF NEW HAVEN TEAM Thurman Paves the Way for Visitors Victory by His Brilliant Punting.

    1915 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 3, 1915

  • The Evening star's story of the 1916 game: TO REBUILD VIRGINIA. Eleven Overwhelmed by Yale Likely to Have Big Changes.

    1916 · Evening star, Oct 10, 1916

  • The The Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1941 game: PENNSYLVANIA, STRONG AND SET NEXT IN BOWL Behind l0.O at Half Time, Yale Shades Virginia 2l.l0 fin Thriller

    1941 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 6, 1941

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: YALE BULLDOGS AND CAVALIERS BATTLE TO TIE Post Game Free For All Follows 6-6 Deadlock

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 26, 1944

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 25, 1944Yale 6, Virginia 6at Yale
Oct 4, 1941Yale 21, Virginia 19at Yale
Oct 5, 1940Virginia 19, Yale 14at Yale
Oct 7, 1916Yale 61, Virginia 3at Yale
Oct 2, 1915Virginia 10, Yale 0at Yale
Oct 3, 1914Yale 21, Virginia 0at Yale

Every game is listed as played on the field.