Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon rivalry

Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon rivalry
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Hampden–Sydney Tigers	Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets
Originated	1893
Series	Hampden–Sydney leads 61–49–11
Current Champion	Randolph–Macon
Trophy	The Game Ball
Last Meeting	November 14, 2015
	Hampden–Sydney 9 Randolph–Macon 14
Hampden–Sydney (61)	Randolph–Macon (49)

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.

History

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"The Game Ball" - trophy awarded annually to the winner of The Game

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. Since then, the two teams have met 121 times in what has been called the South's oldest small-school rivalry. 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 9 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 once - in 1997 by 31. Since 2011, the Yellow Jackets have won 4 games and the Tigers 1. As of 2015, Hampden–Sydney leads the series 61–49–11 with Randolph-Macon winning the most recent matchup in 2015 .

Known to fans simply as "The Game", it is by far the highest profile matchup on either team's schedule. It is played in late November at the end of the football season. It often decides the champion of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (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.

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.

The Game results

Winning team is shown in bold font. Years of a Hampden–Sydney victory are in garnet. Years of a Randolph–Macon victory are in lemon. Years with a tie are in gray.

Year	Home		Away		Location
1893	Hampden–Sydney	6	Randolph–Macon	12	Hampden–Sydney
1896	Hampden–Sydney	24	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1898	Hampden–Sydney	18	Randolph–Macon	6	unknown
1900	Hampden–Sydney	11	Randolph–Macon	0	unknown
1901	Hampden–Sydney	22	Randolph–Macon	6	unknown
1902	Hampden–Sydney	36	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1902	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	5	Ashland
1903	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	12	Ashland
1906	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney	0	Ashland
1907	Hampden–Sydney	11	Randolph–Macon	5	Hampden–Sydney
1908	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	5	Petersburg
1909	Randolph–Macon	8	Hampden–Sydney	5	Ashland
1910	Randolph–Macon	10	Hampden–Sydney	3	Ashland
1911	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney	2	Richmond
1912	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	3	unknown
1913	Hampden–Sydney	13	Randolph–Macon	0	unknown
1914	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney	0	Ashland
1914	Hampden–Sydney	6	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1915	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	26	Hampden–Sydney
1915	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	6	Ashland
1916	Hampden–Sydney	14	Randolph–Macon	14	Hampden–Sydney
1916	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	0	Richmond
1917	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	33	Boulevard Park
1917	Hampden–Sydney	62	Randolph–Macon	0	Petersburg
1918	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	28	Ashland
1919	Randolph–Macon	14	Hampden–Sydney	19	Mayo Island Park
1919	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	0	Lynchburg
1920	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	28	Ashland
1921	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	21	Mayo Island Park
1923	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney	25	Mayo Island Park
1924	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	0	Mayo Island Park
1925	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	26	Mayo Island Park
1926	Hampden–Sydney	19	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1927	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	6	Petersburg
1928	Hampden–Sydney	39	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney
1930	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney
1931	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	0	Ashland
1932	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1933	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney	20	Ashland
1934	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1935	Randolph–Macon	14	Hampden–Sydney	6	Ashland
1936	Hampden–Sydney	7	Randolph–Macon	21	Petersburg
1937	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	3	Petersburg
1938	Randolph–Macon	9	Hampden–Sydney	7	Richmond
1939	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	12	Ashland
1940	Hampden–Sydney	27	Randolph–Macon	7	Lynchburg
1941	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	14	Ashland
1942	Hampden–Sydney	6	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney
1945	Hampden–Sydney	7	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney
1946	Hampden–Sydney	0	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney
1946	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney	14	Ashland
1947	Randolph–Macon	13	Hampden–Sydney	7	Ashland
1948	Hampden–Sydney	20	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney
1949	Randolph–Macon	15	Hampden–Sydney	22	Ashland
1950	Hampden–Sydney	13	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney
1951	Randolph–Macon	20	Hampden–Sydney	20	Ashland
1952	Randolph–Macon	26	Hampden–Sydney	26	Richmond
1953	Randolph–Macon	12	Hampden–Sydney	20	Ashland
1954	Hampden–Sydney	23	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1955	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	6	Ashland

Year	Home		Away		Location
1956	Hampden–Sydney	27	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney
1957	Randolph–Macon	19	Hampden–Sydney	26	Ashland
1958	Hampden–Sydney	20	Randolph–Macon	23	Hampden–Sydney
1959	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	0	Richmond
1960	Randolph–Macon	10	Hampden–Sydney	7	Richmond
1961	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden–Sydney	13	Ashland
1962	Hampden–Sydney	36	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1963	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	14	Ashland
1964	Hampden–Sydney	20	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
1965	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	0	Ashland
1966	Hampden–Sydney	15	Randolph–Macon	14	Hampden–Sydney
1967	Randolph–Macon	24	Hampden–Sydney	14	Randolph-Macon
1968	Hampden–Sydney	8	Randolph–Macon	36	Hampden–Sydney
1969	Randolph–Macon	22	Hampden–Sydney	19	Randolph-Macon
1970	Hampden–Sydney	14	Randolph–Macon	6	Hampden-Sydney
1971	Hampden–Sydney	17	Randolph–Macon	13	Hampden–Sydney
1972	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	35	Hampden–Sydney
1973	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney	21	Ashland
1974	Hampden–Sydney	3	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney
1975	Randolph–Macon	19	Hampden–Sydney	23	Ashland
1976	Hampden–Sydney	23	Randolph–Macon	28	Hampden–Sydney
1977	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney	35	Ashland
1978	Hampden–Sydney	14	Randolph–Macon	27	Hampden–Sydney
1979	Randolph–Macon	9	Hampden–Sydney	7	Ashland
1980	Hampden–Sydney	15	Randolph–Macon	16	Hampden–Sydney
1981	Randolph–Macon	10	Hampden–Sydney	10	Ashland
1982	Hampden–Sydney	6	Randolph–Macon	3	Hampden–Sydney
1983	Randolph–Macon	20	Hampden–Sydney	24	Ashland
1984	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	31	Hampden–Sydney
1985	Randolph–Macon	12	Hampden–Sydney	7	Ashland
1986	Hampden–Sydney	21	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney
1987	Randolph–Macon	25	Hampden–Sydney	18	Ashland
1988	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	23	Hampden–Sydney
1989	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney	14	Ashland
1990	Hampden–Sydney	28	Randolph–Macon	7	Hampden–Sydney
1991	Randolph–Macon	28	Hampden–Sydney	29	Ashland
1992	Hampden–Sydney	26	Randolph–Macon	22	Hampden–Sydney
1993	Randolph–Macon	17	Hampden–Sydney	10	Ashland
1994	Hampden–Sydney	24	Randolph–Macon	10	Hampden–Sydney
1995	Randolph–Macon	35	Hampden–Sydney	14	Ashland
1996	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	20	Hampden–Sydney
1997	Randolph–Macon	49	Hampden–Sydney	18	Ashland
1998	Hampden–Sydney	42	Randolph–Macon	45	Hampden–Sydney
1999	Randolph–Macon	33	Hampden–Sydney	7	Ashland
2000	Hampden–Sydney	17	Randolph–Macon	26	Hampden–Sydney
2001	Randolph–Macon	26	Hampden–Sydney	38	Ashland
2002	Hampden–Sydney	7	Randolph–Macon	0	Hampden–Sydney
2003	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney	53	Ashland
2004	Hampden–Sydney	50	Randolph–Macon	16	Hampden–Sydney
2005	Randolph–Macon	17	Hampden–Sydney	50	Ashland
2006	Hampden–Sydney	46	Randolph–Macon	21	Hampden–Sydney
2007	Randolph–Macon	13	Hampden–Sydney	31	Ashland
2008	Hampden–Sydney	21	Randolph–Macon	31	Hampden–Sydney
2009	Randolph–Macon	27	Hampden–Sydney	34	Ashland
2010	Hampden–Sydney	31	Randolph–Macon	28	Hampden–Sydney
2011	Randolph–Macon	48	Hampden–Sydney	34	Ashland
2012	Hampden–Sydney	31	Randolph–Macon	41	Hampden–Sydney
2013	Randolph–Macon	26	Hampden–Sydney	28	Ashland
2014	Hampden–Sydney	10	Randolph–Macon	24	Hampden–Sydney
2015	Randolph–Macon	14	Hampden–Sydney	9	Ashland
Current series:			Hampden–Sydney leads 61–49–11