Richmond–VMI football rivalry

Richmond–VMI football rivalry
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 10, 1893
VMI 34, Richmond 0
Latest meetingSeptember 19, 2015
Richmond 42, VMI 10
Next meetingSeptember 20, 2025
TrophyNone
Statistics
Meetings total90
All-time seriesRichmond leads, 45–40–5
Largest victoryVMI, 79–0 (1901)
Longest win streakRichmond, 12 (1997–present)
Current win streakRichmond, 12 (1997–present)
60km
37miles
Richmond
VMI
Locations of Richmond and VMI

The Richmond–VMI football rivalry is a college football rivalry played between the VMI Keydets and the Richmond Spiders, representing the Virginia Military Institute and University of Richmond, respectively. The series began in 1893, two years after VMI fielded its first football team in 1891, and three years after Richmond's first football team was formed in 1890.

Aside from one year in 1992 in which the game was played in Norfolk, Virginia, the series has always been played at either VMI or Richmond.