Jefferson-Eppes Trophy

The Jefferson-Eppes Trophy is an American college football trophy given to the winner of irregularly played games between the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University and the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. The trophy was created on the suggestion of former FSU President Sandy D'Alemberte, after Virginia became the first ACC program to defeat Florida State on November 2, 1995. To that point, the Seminoles had run up a perfect 29–0 record through their first 3½ years of Atlantic Coast Conference play.

Virginia Cavaliers
SportFootball
First meetingOctober 31, 1992
Florida State 13, Virginia 3
Latest meetingSeptember 14, 2019
Virginia 31, Florida State 24
Next meeting2025 in Charlottesville, VA
TrophyJefferson-Eppes Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total19
All-time seriesFlorida State leads, 14–4
Longest win streakFlorida State, 9 (1996–2004)
Current win streakVirginia, 1 (2019–present)
300km
200miles
Virginia
Florida State
Locations of Florida State and Virginia

Virginia and Florida State played each other yearly between 1992 and 2006, but the game never became a major rivalry (e.g., called "one of the lesser known rivalries in college football" by the Orlando Sentinel). The annual game was not preserved by the ACC when its divisional play began, and the Cavaliers and Seminoles began facing off much more rarely. In recent decades the games are sporadic but competitive: since 2005, Virginia is 3–2 against Florida State.

Virginia won the most recent trophy game in 2019, and currently possesses the Jefferson-Eppes Trophy in Charlottesville. Unless they meet in an ACC Championship Game, Florida State and Virginia will not match up on the gridiron again until 2025.

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