The Miami–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American

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rivalry A rivalry is the state of two people or groups engaging in a lasting competitive relationship. Rivalry is the "against each other" spirit between two competing sides. The relationship itself may also be called "a rivalry", and each participant o ...

between the

Miami Hurricanes The Miami Hurricanes (known informally as The U, UM, or The 'Canes) are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The Hurricanes compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic A ...

of the

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and

Virginia Tech Hokies The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams representing the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in intercollegiate athletics. The Hokies participate in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 22 va ...

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. As of 2022, Miami leads the series 24–15. The last game between the two teams was October 15, 2022 in Blacksburg, and Miami won 20–14.

History

First meeting

The Hurricanes and Hokies first met on November 13, 1953, in

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Bowl games

and

have met in two bowl games, and Miami has won both of them, winning the

1966 Liberty Bowl The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the VPI Gobblers (now the Virginia Tech Hokies) and the Miami Hurricanes, both independent programs. The eighth edition of the Liberty Bowl, it was played on De ...

14–7 and the 1981 Peach Bowl 20–10.

Annual meetings since 1992

The two teams have played annually since 1992. The rivalry began developing when the Hokies became a member of the

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for football in 1991. When the

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(ACC) expanded in 2004, both Miami and Virginia Tech left the Big East for the ACC. Both teams continue to compete annually as members of the ACC Coastal Division. The series was largely dominated by Miami until 1995 when Virginia Tech won their first game against Miami in Blacksburg. Since then, the series has been largely even with Virginia Tech winning 15 games and Miami winning 12. Several of the games since 1885 have been notable, including 11 meetings when both teams were ranked in the top 25 and four meetings when both ranked in the top 10. In 2000, No. 2 Virginia Tech lost to No. 3 Miami at the

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41–21. In 2003, No. 10 Virginia Tech beat No. 2 Miami in

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31–7, which snapped Miami's long-standing regular season winning streak. In 2004, the first year for both schools in the ACC, both teams met at the Orange Bowl in Miami for the final game of the regular season, which became a de facto ACC championship game with the winner getting a berth in a

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bowl game. No. 10 Virginia Tech beat No. 9 Miami 16–10 in that game. In 2005, No. 5 Miami beat No. 3 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg 27–7. In 2017, which was the last game that featured both teams meeting while both were ranked, #10 Miami beat #13 Virginia Tech 28 to 10. In the last ten games, Miami has seven wins to Virginia Tech's three wins. In the last five games, Miami has won four to Virginia Tech's one.

Game results

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