VMI vs. Western Carolina

VMI and Western Carolina have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1978; Western Carolina leads the series 12–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Western Carolina 8–⁠2, and Western Carolina has won the last 2.

VMI wins
3
Western Carolina wins
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1978
Longest streak
6 Western Carolina
Current streak
2 Western Carolina
Last 10 meetings
Western Carolina 8–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠1
1980s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠6
2020s2–⁠4
Average margin
15.7 points; 7 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At VMI
2–⁠6 VMI’s record at home
At Western Carolina
6–⁠1 Western Carolina’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. VMI’s biggest win2020: VMI 30, Western Carolina 7by 23 points
  2. Western Carolina’s biggest win2025: Western Carolina 48, VMI 6by 42 points
  3. Upset2021: Western Carolina 52, VMI 24Western Carolina had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset2019: Western Carolina 43, VMI 35Western Carolina had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Upset1978: Western Carolina 41, VMI 12Western Carolina had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsVMISeriesWestern Carolina
1978–⁠1981Bob Thalman1–⁠2Bob Waters

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of VMI and Western Carolina, 1978 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Nov 22, 2025Western Carolina 48, VMI 6at VMI
Nov 16, 2024Western Carolina 58, VMI 28at Western Carolina
Nov 18, 2023VMI 27, Western Carolina 24at VMI
Oct 1, 2022Western Carolina 38, VMI 17at Western Carolina
Nov 20, 2021Western Carolina 52, VMI 24at VMI
Mar 6, 2021VMI 30, Western Carolina 7at Western Carolina
Nov 2, 2019Western Carolina 43, VMI 35at VMI
Sep 22, 2018Western Carolina 52, VMI 50at Western Carolina
Oct 21, 2017Western Carolina 26, VMI 7at VMI
Nov 5, 2016Western Carolina 32, VMI 29at Western Carolina
Nov 21, 2015Western Carolina 24, VMI 20at VMI
Nov 15, 2014Western Carolina 42, VMI 27at Western Carolina
Sep 12, 1981VMI 21, Western Carolina 14at VMI
Sep 6, 1980Western Carolina 16, VMI 14at Western Carolina
Oct 28, 1978Western Carolina 41, VMI 12at VMI

Every game is listed as played on the field.