Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry
| First meeting | November 10, 1990 Georgia Tech 6, Virginia Tech 3 |
|---|---|
| Latest meeting | November 12, 2015 Virginia Tech 23, Georgia Tech 21 |
| Next meeting | November 12, 2016 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 13 |
| All-time series | Virginia Tech leads, 9–4 |
| Largest victory | Virginia Tech, 51–7 (2005) |
| Longest win streak | Virginia Tech, 4 (2010–13) |
| Current win streak | Virginia Tech, 1 (2015–present) |
The Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Virginia Tech Hokies. Both universities are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Prior to the Hokies joining the ACC in 2004, the two teams had only met once previously (an additional scheduled meeting was canceled due to extreme weather). Since the ACC adopted divisional format for football, one of these two teams had represented the ACC Coastal Division in every ACC Championship Game except the 2013 season when Duke won the Coastal[1] and 2015 when UNC won it.
Series history
The rivalry has become a significant annual matchup within the ACC. The intra-conference game has in the recent past played a key part in determining the winner of the ACC Coastal Division. From 2005 (the first year of divisional play in the ACC) until 2011 the winner of this game won the Coastal Division every year, with VT winning five times and GT winning twice. In 2012, Georgia Tech represented the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship game despite losing to Virginia Tech to start the season. The rivalry has seen both teams come into the game ranked in the top 25, including the 2009 game in which both teams came into the game with 1 loss and the No. 19 Yellow Jackets upset the No. 4 Hokies. The 2011 game also saw both teams ranked in the BCS top 25, with the No. 10 Hokies beating the No. 20 Yellow Jackets. Virginia Tech currently leads the series 9–4.
Game results
| Georgia Tech victories | Virginia Tech victories |
| # | Date | Location | Winner | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 10, 1990 | Atlanta, GA | #7 Georgia Tech | 6–3 | ||||
| 2 | October 28, 2004 | Atlanta, GA | #22 Virginia Tech | 34–20 | ||||
| 3 | September 24, 2005 | Blacksburg, VA | #4 Virginia Tech | 51–7 | ||||
| 4 | September 30, 2006 | Blacksburg, VA | Georgia Tech | 38–27 | ||||
| 5 | November 1, 2007 | Atlanta, GA | #13 Virginia Tech | 27–3 | ||||
| 6 | September 13, 2008 | Blacksburg, VA | Virginia Tech | 20–17 | ||||
| 7 | October 17, 2009 | Atlanta, GA | #19 Georgia Tech | 28–23 | ||||
| 8 | November 4, 2010 | Blacksburg, VA | Virginia Tech | 28–21 | ||||
| 9 | November 10, 2011 | Atlanta, GA | #10 Virginia Tech | 37–26 | ||||
| 10 | September 3, 2012 | Blacksburg, VA | #16 Virginia Tech | 20–17OT | ||||
| 11 | September 26, 2013 | Atlanta, GA | Virginia Tech | 17–10 | ||||
| 12 | September 20, 2014 | Blacksburg, VA | Georgia Tech | 27–24 | ||||
| 13 | November 12, 2015 | Atlanta, GA | Virginia Tech | 23–21 | ||||
| Series: Virginia Tech leads 9–4 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Archived November 6, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
