The Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Virginia Cavaliers football team of the University of Virginia (called Virginia in sports media and abbreviated "UVA") and Virginia Tech Hokies football team of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (called Virginia Tech and abbreviated "VT"). The two schools first met in 1895 and have played annually since 1970. The game counts for 1 point in the "Commonwealth Clash" each year, and is part of the greater Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry.