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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).
Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University (Virginia Tech) was founded in 1872 as a military school, originally named, Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC). [4] Since the end of World War II, Virginia Tech's students have been primarily civilians, although the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets has maintained a strong ...
Virginia Tech's Burruss Hall VT's 6th president, Paul Brandon Barringer Virginia Polytechnic Institute logo in the 1899 yearbook. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute, a small Methodist school for boys in Southwest Virginia's rural Montgomery County.
After jumping out to its best start since 2011, Clemson basketball has lost three in a row. The latest defeat came by 15 points Wednesday night.
A win over Virginia Tech would give Duke four ACC wins in the same season for the first time since 2015. The Blue Devils entered this season having lost 13 consecutive league games while going 4 ...
The 1959 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute or VPI (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University or Virginia Tech) as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1959 college football season.
Despite holding No. 9 Virginia Tech to eight points in the fourth, Tennessee was unable to complete the comeback win, falling 59-56 to the Hokies. Lady Vols basketball falls short of comeback vs ...
Virginia Tech's loss and Air Force's win brought both teams to final 1984 records of 8–4. The loss left Virginia Tech winless in five bowl appearances to that date. The win was Air Force's third bowl victory in as many years, and the Falcons became the first team to repeat as Independence Bowl champions. [33]