Florida State–Virginia football rivalry

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Florida State–Virginia football rivalry

First contested	October 31, 1992 Florida State 13, Virginia 3
Number of meetings	18
Most recent meeting	November 8, 2014 Florida State 34, Virginia 20
Next meeting	September 14, 2019 in Charlottesville
All-time series	Florida State leads, 15–3 1 FSU victory vacated
Largest victory	Florida State, 43–7 (2001)
Longest win streak	Florida State, 9 (1996–2004)
Current streak	Florida State, 1 (2014–present)

The Florida State–Virginia football rivalry is an American college football rivalryTemplate:CN between the Florida State Seminoles football team of Florida State University and Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia. The Jefferson–Eppes Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game. The trophy was created in 1995 and was named for former President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, and Francis W. Eppes VII, Jefferson's grandson and two-time mayor of Tallahassee, and president of the Board of Trustees of the West Florida Seminary, now Florida State University.

Although the game is played for a trophy, it is not considered a significant rivalry. Virginia's biggest rivalries are with Virginia Tech for the Commonwealth Cup and North Carolina in the South's Oldest Rivalry. FSU's most meaningful rivalries are with Florida and Miami. When the ACC split into divisions in 2005, the annual rivalry between Florida State and Virginia ceased, as the Seminoles were assigned to the Atlantic Division and the Cavaliers to the Coastal Division. Though each team in the ACC plays an annual game against one designated cross-divisional rival, both teams' more historic rivals were awarded these positions (originally Maryland but now Louisville for Virginia, and Miami for Florida State). As a result, Florida State and Virginia have not played on an annual basis since 2006.

Origin

The idea for the Jefferson–Eppes Trophy was conceived by Florida State University President Talbot D'Alemberte.

Construction

The trophy is composed of an intricately wrought silver pitcher presented to the city of Tallahassee by Eppes in 1842 and set upon a wood base made of remains of the McGuffey Ash, which was once the largest tree on the Grounds of the University of Virginia but suffered a fatal tree disease in 1990. The trophy was designed by famed artist Ryan Parker.

Game results

Florida State victories

Virginia victories

Vacated wins

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	1992	Charlottesville, VA	No. 6 Florida State	13–3
2	1993	Tallahassee, FL	No. 1 Florida State	40–14
3	1994	Tallahassee, FL	No. 4 Florida State	41–17
4	1995	Charlottesville, VA	No. 24 Virginia	33–28
5	1996	Tallahassee, FL	No. 3 Florida State	31–24
6	1997	Charlottesville, VA	No. 3 Florida State	47–21
7	1998	Tallahassee, FL	No. 6 Florida State	45–14
8	1999	Charlottesville, VA	No. 1 Florida State	35–10
9	2000	Tallahassee, FL	No. 6 Florida State	37–3
10	2001	Charlottesville, VA	No. 21 Florida State	43–7

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
11	2002	Tallahassee, FL	No. 5 Florida State	40–19
12	2003	Charlottesville, VA	No. 7 Florida State	19–14
13	2004	Tallahassee, FL	No. 7 Florida State	36–3
14	2005	Charlottesville, VA	Virginia	26–21
15	2006	Tallahassee, FL	Florida State	33–0
16	2010	Charlottesville, VA	Florida State	34–14
17	2011	Tallahassee, FL	Virginia	14–13
18	2014	Tallahassee, FL	No. 2 Florida State	34–20
Series: Florida State leads 14–3

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games