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More recently, Virginia Tech won a series record 15 straight games in the rivalry from 2004–2018 before the Cavaliers defeated the Hokies in 2019. Currently, the Hokies have won 4 straight in the series since 2020 (2022 being cancelled). Virginia and Virginia Tech were both led by College Football Hall of Fame coaches in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry is an American college rivalry that exists between the Virginia Cavaliers sports teams of the University of Virginia (called Virginia in sports media and abbreviated UVA) and the Virginia Tech Hokies sports teams of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (called Virginia Tech and abbreviated VT).
When the rivalry went dormant after the 1984 Oyster Bowl, Virginia Tech led the series 49–25–5. [3] At 79 games, it is the second-longest series for the Hokies and fourth-longest for the Keydets. Because of the long pause in the VMI-Virginia Tech series, the Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry has emerged as the dominant one in the state.
Due to Virginia Tech's move to the ACC, and WVU's later move to the Big 12, this rivalry is now dormant. Washington College and Salisbury University – a storied Division III men's lacrosse rivalry, highlighted by the annual War on the Shore for the Charles B. Clark Cup, played alternately in Chestertown, Maryland, (home of Washington College ...
That continues a rivalry that really hasn't been much of a rivalry over the past 20 or so years. Virginia Tech currently holds a three-game winning streak, with 18 wins in their last 19 matchups.
The original "Military Classic of the South" was a football game played on Thanksgiving Day between Virginia Tech (VPI) and the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) beginning in 1913 and lasting until 1985. [2] [3] Unfortunately, as Virginia Tech continued to expand its student body, the game quickly became unmatched and VMI left the series in 1985.
The Boston College football team takes its 4-2 record into Thursday night's matchup with Atlantic Coast Conference rival Virginia Tech (3-3). Both teams are 1-1 in the ACC and are coming off byes ...
Pitt-West Virginia college football rivalry history. John Leuzzi, USA TODAY NETWORK. Updated September 15, 2024 at 12:28 AM. College football isn’t college football without the rivalries.