Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry

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Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry
First meetingNovember 6, 1993
Boston College, 48–34
Latest meetingNovember 11, 2023
Virginia Tech, 48–22
Next meetingOctober 17, 2024
Statistics
Meetings total32
All-time seriesVirginia Tech leads, 21–11[1]
Largest victoryVirginia Tech, 49–0 (2016)
Longest win streakVirginia Tech, 7 (1996–2002)
Current win streakVirginia Tech, 2 (2022–present)
Locations of Boston College and Virginia Tech

The Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Boston College Eagles and Virginia Tech Hokies.

History[edit]

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 played between the two schools. Virginia Tech leads the series 19–11.[2]

Game results[edit]

Boston College victoriesVirginia Tech victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 6, 1993 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 48–34
2 September 17, 1994 Chestnut Hill, MA #18 Virginia Tech 12–7
3 September 7, 1995 Blacksburg, VA Boston College 20–14
4 September 14, 1996 Chestnut Hill, MA #19 Virginia Tech 45–7
5 October 11, 1997 Blacksburg, VA #23 Virginia Tech 17–7
6 October 8, 1998 Chestnut Hill, MA #17 Virginia Tech 17–0
7 November 26, 1999 Blacksburg, VA #2 Virginia Tech 38–14
8 September 30, 2000 Chestnut Hill, MA #4 Virginia Tech 48–34
9 October 13, 2001 Blacksburg, VA #6 Virginia Tech 34–20
10 October 10, 2002 Chestnut Hill, MA #4 Virginia Tech 28–23
11 November 22, 2003 Blacksburg, VA Boston College 34–27
12 October 27, 2005 Blacksburg, VA #3 Virginia Tech 30–10
13 October 12, 2006 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 22–3
14 October 25, 2007 Blacksburg, VA #2 Boston College 14–10
15 December 1, 2007 Jacksonville, FL #5 Virginia Tech 30–16
16 October 18, 2008 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 28–23
17 December 6, 2008 Tampa, FL Virginia Tech 30–12
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
18 October 10, 2009 Blacksburg, VA #5 Virginia Tech 48–14
19 September 25, 2010 Chestnut Hill, MA Virginia Tech 19–0
20 October 22, 2011 Blacksburg, VA #16 Virginia Tech 30–14
21 November 17, 2012 Chestnut Hill, MA Virginia Tech 30–23OT
22 November 2, 2013 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 34–27
23 November 1, 2014 Blacksburg, VA Boston College 33–31
24 October 31, 2015 Chestnut Hill, MA Virginia Tech 26–10
25 September 17, 2016 Blacksburg, VA Virginia Tech 49–0
26 October 7, 2017 Chestnut Hill, MA #16 Virginia Tech 23–10
27 November 3, 2018 Blacksburg, VA #22 Boston College 31–21
28 August 31, 2019 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 35–28
29 October 17, 2020 Blacksburg, VA #23 Virginia Tech 40–14
30 November 5, 2021 Chestnut Hill, MA Boston College 17–3
31 September 10, 2022 Blacksburg, VA Virginia Tech 27–10
32 November 11, 2023 Chestnut Hill, MA Virginia Tech 48–22
Series: Virginia Tech leads 21–11[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Winsipedia – Boston College Eagles vs. Virginia Tech Hokies football series history". Winsipedia.
  2. ^ "2015 Opponent Series History". Hokiesports.com. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

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