Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry
First meeting | November 6, 1993 |
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Latest meeting | November 1, 2014[1] |
Next meeting | October 31, 2015 |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 24 |
All-time series | Virginia Tech leads, 16–8[2] |
The Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Boston College Eagles football team of Boston College and Virginia Tech Hokies football team of Virginia Tech.
The rivalry began in 1993 with a 48–34 Boston College win in Chestnut Hill when the two teams began Big East conference round-robin play. When the two schools moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference the rivalry continued as the two schools were chosen as permanent cross-divisional rivals. The teams played twice in one season in both 2007 and 2008, as Boston College won the Atlantic division of the ACC in each of those years and Virginia Tech won the Coastal division. Although the Eagles defeated the Hokies in both the regular seasons of 2007 and 2008, Virginia Tech won the 2007 and 2008 ACC Championship Game contested between the two schools. Virginia Tech leads the series 16–8.[2]
Game results
Boston College victories | Virginia Tech victories |
Date | Location | Winning team | Losing team | Series | ||
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November 6, 1993 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Boston College | 48 | #25 Virginia Tech | 34 | Boston College 1–0 |
September 17, 1994 | Chestnut Hill, MA | #18 Virginia Tech | 12 | Boston College | 7 | Tied 1–1 |
September 7, 1995 | Blacksburg, VA | Boston College | 20 | #20 Virginia Tech | 14 | Boston College 2–1 |
September 14, 1996 | Chestnut Hill, MA | #19 Virginia Tech | 45 | Boston College | 7 | Tied 2–2 |
October 11, 1997 | Blacksburg, VA | #23 Virginia Tech | 17 | Boston College | 7 | Virginia Tech 3–2 |
October 8, 1998 | Chestnut Hill, MA | #17 Virginia Tech | 17 | Boston College | 0 | Virginia Tech 4–2 |
November 26, 1999 | Blacksburg, VA | #2 Virginia Tech | 38 | #22 Boston College | 14 | Virginia Tech 5–2 |
September 30, 2000 | Chestnut Hill, MA | #4 Virginia Tech | 48 | Boston College | 34 | Virginia Tech 6–2 |
October 13, 2001 | Blacksburg, VA | #6 Virginia Tech | 34 | Boston College | 20 | Virginia Tech 7–2 |
October 10, 2002 | Chestnut Hill, MA | #4 Virginia Tech | 28 | Boston College | 23 | Virginia Tech 8–2 |
November 22, 2003 | Blacksburg, VA | Boston College | 34 | #12 Virginia Tech | 27 | Virginia Tech 8–3 |
October 27, 2005 | Blacksburg, VA | #3 Virginia Tech | 30 | #18 Boston College | 10 | Virginia Tech 9–3 |
October 12, 2006 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Boston College | 22 | #22 Virginia Tech | 3 | Virginia Tech 9–4 |
October 25, 2007 | Blacksburg, VA | #2 Boston College | 14 | #9 Virginia Tech | 10 | Virginia Tech 9–5 |
December 1, 2007 | Jacksonville, FL† | #5 Virginia Tech | 30 | #11 Boston College | 16 | Virginia Tech 10–5 |
October 18, 2008 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Boston College | 28 | #17 Virginia Tech | 23 | Virginia Tech 10–6 |
December 6, 2008 | Tampa, FL† | Virginia Tech | 30 | #18 Boston College | 12 | Virginia Tech 11–6 |
October 10, 2009 | Blacksburg, VA | #5 Virginia Tech | 48 | Boston College | 14 | Virginia Tech 12–6 |
September 25, 2010 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Virginia Tech | 19 | Boston College | 0 | Virginia Tech 13–6 |
October 22, 2011 | Blacksburg, VA | #16 Virginia Tech | 30 | Boston College | 14 | Virginia Tech 14–6 |
November 17, 2012 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Virginia Tech | 30 | Boston College | 23OT | Virginia Tech 15–6 |
November 2, 2013[3] | Chestnut Hill, MA | Boston College | 34 | Virginia Tech | 27 | Virginia Tech 15–7 |
November 1, 2014[1] | Blacksburg, VA | Boston College | 33 | Virginia Tech | 31 | Virginia Tech 15–8 |
October 31, 2015 | Chestnut Hill, MA | Virginia Tech | 26 | Boston College | 10 | Virginia Tech 16–8 |
†ACC Championship Game
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Further reading
- Rivalry Blooming Between Hokies, Eagles, The Washington Post, October 16, 2008.