Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry

The Valdosta State–West Georgia Rivalry
Battle for the Peach Basket

Valdosta State West Georgia
Sport	Football
First meeting	1983 Valdosta State 20, West Georgia 13
Latest meeting	October 8, 2016 Valdosta State 38, West Georgia 27
Trophy	The Peach Basket
Statistics
Meetings total	36
All-time series	Valdosta State leads 24–12
Current win streak	Valdosta State, 1 (2016)

Valdosta State University

University of West Georgia

Locations in Georgia (U.S. state)

The Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry, commonly known as the Battle for the Peach Basket, is an college football rivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Georgia, Valdosta State University Blazers and the University of West Georgia Wolves that compete for the Peach Basket. The current winner is Valdosta State, who won, 38–27, on October 8, 2016.^[1] Valdosta State leads the all-time series, 24–12.^[2][3][4]

History

The Blazers and Wolves have played every year since 1983 in the Gulf South Conference. In that span, Valdosta State has won three national championships. Under head coach Will Hall, West Georgia has gained some momentum in the rivalry, winning the past two meetings and going to the national championship semifinal in post-season play. The Wolves upset the Blazers in 2014 in the playoffs, the Wolves lost 40-6 in the regular season that year.^[4]

Game results

Valdosta State victories

West Georgia victories

Tie games

# Date Location Winner Score 1 1983 Valdosta State 20–13 2 1984 Valdosta State 20–13 3 1985 Valdosta Valdosta State 49–12 4 1986 Carrollton Valdosta State 41–26 5 1987 Valdosta Valdosta State 49–14 6 1988 Carrollton Valdosta State 17–14 7 1989 Valdosta Valdosta State 34–16 8 1990 Carrollton Valdosta State 37–2 9 1991 Valdosta Valdosta State 38–37 10 1992 Carrollton West Georgia 42–28 11 1993 Carrollton West Georgia 23–16 12 1994 Valdosta Valdosta State 49–33 13 1995 Carrollton West Georgia 44–6 14 1996 Valdosta West Georgia 42–21 15 1997 Carrollton West Georgia 35–21 16 1998 Carrollton West Georgia 26–13 17 1999 Valdosta West Georgia 23–16 18 2000 Carrollton Valdosta State 45–35 19 2001 Valdosta Valdosta State 31–6 # Date Location Winner Score 20 2002 Carrollton Valdosta State 19–3 21 2003 Valdosta Valdosta State 30–17 22 2004 Carrollton Valdosta State 35–12 23 2005 Valdosta West Georgia 29–15 24 2006 Carrollton Valdosta State 38–13 25 2007 Valdosta Valdosta State 35–10 26 2008 Valdosta Valdosta State 41–14 27 2009 Carrollton Valdosta State 31–20 28 2010 Valdosta Valdosta State 31–13 29 2011 Valdosta West Georgia 23–20 30 2012 Carrollton Valdosta State 42–7 31 2013 Carrollton Valdosta State 35–30 32 2014 Valdosta Valdosta State 40–6 33 2014* Valdosta West Georgia 31–17 34 2015 Carrollton West Georgia 49–28 35 2015* Carrollton West Georgia 27–20 36 2016 Valdosta Valdosta State 38–27 Series: Valdosta State leads 24–12

• Both the 2014* and 2015* match-ups were in post-season play

References

1. "Wolves fall in rivalry battle". Times-Georgian. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
2. "Football Weekly Preview: The West Georgia Game". Valdosta State University. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
3. "Football Preview: The Valdosta State Game". University of West Georgia. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
4. "Wolves Hit the Road to Take on Rival Blazers". The West Georgian. Retrieved October 11, 2016.