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Virginia Tech beat Virginia

Virginia7-531
Virginia Tech5-634Final
Fri, Nov 23 · Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. · Crowd 60,776 · 37°, fairABC

Records are after this game.

Virginia Tech had a 6 percent chance to win with 3:38 left in the 4th quarter, by our win chance curve, and won 34-31 in overtime, November 23, 2018.

How the game turned

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OT1 Virginia Tech 34, Virginia 31

Virginia Tech 99% to win

Johnson 42-yd field goal, Virginia Tech goes ahead 34-31

Big moments

  1. 1Q2 2:44 · Virginia Tech 7, Virginia 0Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 48% to 56%.Willis 7-yd TD pass to Turner, Virginia Tech goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q4 14:55 · Virginia Tech 24, Virginia 14Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 56% to 85%.McClease 2-yd TD run, Virginia Tech leads 24-14
  3. 3Q4 6:51 · Virginia Tech 24, Virginia 28Virginia Tech's win chance fell from 53% to 22%.Perkins 29-yd TD pass to Dubois, Virginia goes ahead 28-24
  4. 4OT1 · Virginia Tech 34, Virginia 31Virginia Tech's win chance rose from 53% to 99%.Johnson 42-yd field goal, Virginia Tech goes ahead 34-31

Virginia Tech's lowest chance to win was 6 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

In overtime, Virginia Tech's chance to win went from 53 percent to 99 percent when Virginia Tech kicked a field goal.

The score went from Virginia Tech 31, Virginia 31 to Virginia Tech 34, Virginia 31.

The play: Johnson 42-yd field goal, Virginia Tech goes ahead 34-31.

What happened next

  1. Virginia Tech's next game: W 41-20 vs Marshall, Dec 1

    8 days later
  2. Virginia's next game: W 28-0 vs South Carolina, Dec 29

    36 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 23, 2018: Virginia 39, Virginia Tech 30, Nov 29, 2019

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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