Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon rivalry

The Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon rivalry is a sports rivalry between the Hampden–Sydney College Tigers and the Randolph–Macon College Yellow Jackets. The college football rivalry between the NCAA Division III schools, often known simply as "The Game", dates to 1893 and has been called the oldest small-school rivalry in the Southern United States. The rivalry now crosses all sports, with the men's basketball series in particular gaining national attention.

Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon rivalry
Hampden–Sydney Tigers
SportFootball & Basketball
First meeting1893
Latest meetingNovember 16, 2019
Randolph–Macon 45, Hampden–Sydney 3
TrophyThe Game Ball
Statistics
Meetings total101
All-time seriesHampden–Sydney leads 58–54–11
Locations of Hampden–Sydney and Randolph–Macon

Football

The college football rivalry between Hampden–Sydney College and Randolph–Macon College dates to 1893. The game was played on Hampden–Sydney's campus, as the previous year President Richard McIlwaine had banned the team from traveling to keep them from "vicious temptations and surroundings"; Randolph–Macon was one of the only teams willing to travel to Hampden–Sydney without potential reciprocation. Randolph–Macon won the game 12–6.[1] Since then, the two teams have met 122 times (no games were played in 1943 and 1944) in what has been called the South's oldest small-school rivalry.[1][2] Hampden–Sydney's longest streak without losing is 14 games, from 1915 through 1926. Likewise, Randolph–Macon's longest streak without losing is 9 games, from 1930 through 1938. Hampden–Sydney has won 8 of the top 10 largest point-differential games with the widest margin being by 62 points and the lowest being 32; Randolph–Macon has won by over 30 points twice—in 1997 by 31 and in 2019 by 42.[nb 1] Since 2011, the Yellow Jackets have won 8 games and the Tigers 1. Hampden–Sydney leads the series 58–54–11 with Randolph-Macon winning the most recent matchup in 2019 to extend its current winning streak over Hampden-Sydney to 6 games.

Known to fans simply as "The Game", it is by far the highest profile matchup on either team's schedule. It is played in November as the final game of each team's regular football season.[3] It often decides the champion of the ODAC. Being only 78 miles from each other and within an hour of Richmond, Virginia, the two NCAA Division III non-scholarship schools overlap in their recruiting pool, heightening the rivalry particularly in Richmond, where thousands of alumni from both colleges reside. The year-round nature of the rivalry has led fans to consider "The Game" the highlight of the schedule.[1][2]

Game results
Hampden–Sydney victoriesRandolph–Macon victoriesTies
No.DateLocationHome teamScore
1 1893 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 12–6
2 1896 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 24–0
3 1898 unknown Hampden–Sydney 18–6
4 1900 unknown Hampden–Sydney 11–0
5 1901 unknown Hampden–Sydney 22–6
6 1902 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 36–0
7 1902 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 5–0
8 1903 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 12–0
9 1906 Ashland Randolph–Macon 6–0
10 1907 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 11–5
11 1908 Petersburg[4] Randolph–Macon 5–0
12 1909 Ashland Randolph–Macon 8–5
13 1910 Ashland Randolph–Macon 10–3
14 1911 Richmond[5] Randolph–Macon 6–2
15 1912 unknown Randolph–Macon 3–0
16 1913 unknown Hampden–Sydney 13–0
17 1914 Ashland Randolph–Macon 21–0
18 1914 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 6–0
19 1915 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 26–0
20 1915 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 6–0
21 1916 Hampden–Sydney Tie14–14
22 1916 Richmond[6] Tie0–0
23 1917 Boulevard Park[7] Hampden–Sydney 33–0
24 1917 Petersburg[7] Hampden–Sydney 62–0
25 1918 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 28–7
26 1919 Mayo Island Park[8] Hampden–Sydney 19–14
27 1919 Lynchburg[9] Hampden–Sydney 10–0
28 1920 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 28–0
29 1921 Mayo Island Park[10] Hampden–Sydney 21–0
30 1923 Mayo Island Park[11] Hampden–Sydney 25–6
31 1924 Mayo Island Park[12] Tie0–0
32 1925 Mayo Island Park[13] Hampden–Sydney 26–0
33 1926 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 19–0
34 1927 Petersburg[14] Randolph–Macon 6–0
35 1928 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 39–6
36 1930 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 6–0
37 1931 Ashland Randolph–Macon 7–0
38 1932 Hampden–Sydney Tie0–0
39 1933 Ashland Randolph–Macon 21–20
40 1934 Hampden–Sydney Tie0–0
41 1935 Ashland Randolph–Macon 14–6
42 1936 Petersburg[15] Randolph–Macon 21–7
43 1937 Petersburg[16] Randolph–Macon 3–0
44 1938 Richmond Randolph–Macon 9–7
45 1939 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 12–0
46 1940 Lynchburg[17] Hampden–Sydney 27–7
47 1941 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 14–0
48 1942 Hampden–Sydney Tie6–6
49 1945 Hampden–Sydney Tie7–7
50 1946 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 6–0
51 1947 Ashland Randolph–Macon 13–7
52 1948 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 20–6
53 1949 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 22–15
54 1950 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 21–13
55 1951 Ashland Tie20–20
56 1952 Richmond Tie26–26
57 1953 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 20–12
58 1954 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 23–0
59 1955 Ashland Randolph–Macon 7–6
60 1956 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 27–7
61 1957 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 26–19
62 1958 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 23–20
No.DateLocationHome teamScore
63 1959 Richmond Tie0–0
64 1960 Richmond Randolph–Macon 10–7
65 1961 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 13–6
66 1962 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 36–0
67 1963 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 14–7
68 1964 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 20–0
69 1965 Ashland Randolph–Macon 7–0
70 1966 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 15–14
71 1967 Randolph-Macon Randolph–Macon 24–14
72 1968 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 36–8
73 1969 Randolph-Macon Randolph–Macon 22–19
74 1970 Hampden-Sydney Hampden–Sydney 14–6
75 1971 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 17–13
76 1972 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 35–10
77 1973 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 21–0
78 1974 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 7–3
79 1975 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 23–19
80 1976 Hampden–Sydney[18] Randolph–Macon 28–23
81 1977 Ashland[19] Hampden–Sydney 35–7
82 1978 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 27–14
83 1979 Ashland Randolph–Macon 9–7
84 1980 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 16–15
85 1981 Ashland Tie10–10
86 1982 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 6–3
87 1983 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 24–20
88 1984 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 31–10
89 1985 Ashland Randolph–Macon 12–7
90 1986 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 21–7
91 1987 Ashland Randolph–Macon 25–18
92 1988 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 23–10
93 1989 Ashland Randolph–Macon 21–14
94 1990 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 28–7
95 1991 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 29–28
96 1992 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 26–22
97 1993 Ashland Randolph–Macon 17–10
98 1994 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 24–10
99 1995 Ashland Randolph–Macon 35–14
100 1996 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 20–10
101 1997 Ashland Randolph–Macon 49–18
102 1998 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 45–42
103 1999 Ashland Randolph–Macon 33–7
104 2000 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 26–17
105 2001 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 38–26
106 2002 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 7–0
107 2003 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 53–21
108 2004 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 50–16
109 2005 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 50–17
110 2006 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 46–21
111 2007 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 31–13
112 2008 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 31–21
113 2009 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 34–27
114 2010 Hampden–Sydney Hampden–Sydney 31–28
115 2011 Ashland Randolph–Macon 48–34
116 2012 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 41–31
117 2013 Ashland Hampden–Sydney 28–26
118 2014 Hampden–Sydney Randolph–Macon 24–10
119 2015 Ashland Randolph–Macon 14–9
120 2016 Hampden-Sydney Randolph–Macon 48–23
121 2017 Ashland Randolph–Macon 56–28
122 2018 Hampden-Sydney Randolph–Macon 48–35
123 2019 Ashland Randolph–Macon 45–3
Series: Hampden–Sydney leads 58–54–11

Men's basketball

While the football matchup has the most history, the rivalry has extended across all sports in which the schools compete, and since the 1990s the men's basketball series has gained national attention. Since that time both schools have been national Division III contenders, with both ranked in the top ten in multiple years. As such, the games often have championship implications for one or both teams. In 2003 the #1 Yellow Jackets beat the #3 Tigers in a game that sold out weeks prior; in 2007 Hampden–Sydney derailed Randolph–Macon's postseason hopes with a playoff victory after being swept in the regular season. Both teams were in the top ten in 2004 when the #8 Yellow Jackets upset the undefeated, first-ranked Tigers.[2]

Notes
  1. Hampden–Sydney won 62–0 (62) in 1917; 36–0 (36) in 1962; 36–0 (36) in 1902; 33–0 (33) in 1917; 50–16 (34) in 2004; 50–17 (33) in 2005; 39–6 in 1928 (33); and 53–21 (32) in 2003. Randolph–Macon won 49–18 (31) in 2003.

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