Maryland–Virginia football rivalry
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The Maryland–Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Maryland Terrapins and Virginia Cavaliers. The Terrapins and Cavaliers first met in 1919 and the series was played annually from 1957 through 2013, before Maryland left the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for the Big Ten Conference in 2014.[2]
First meeting | October 11, 1919 Maryland, 13–0 |
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Latest meeting | September 15, 2023 Maryland, 42–14 |
Next meeting | September 14, 2024 |
Trophy | Tydings Trophy (1920s–1945) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 79 |
All-time series | Maryland leads, 45–32–2[1] |
Largest victory | Virginia, 45–0 (1997) |
Longest win streak | Maryland, 16 (1972–1987) |
Current win streak | Maryland, 3 (2012–present) |
Maryland leads the series 45–32–2, although Virginia is 15–8 since 1991. Maryland possesses the longest winning streak of the series, sixteen games between 1972 and 1987, while Virginia has the second longest streak with nine consecutive wins ending in 2000.
The schools jointly announced a home-home series in 2017 that would be played during the 2023 and 2024 seasons.[3]