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Kennesaw State’s win over Liberty tonight was noteworthy for several reasons, but this one definitely stands out. The last time a winless team with at least six losses beat an undefeated team with at least five wins was when Temple (0-6) stunned Virginia Tech (5-0) 28-24 back in 1998.
A few other notable games:
In 2001, undefeated Middle Tennessee lost at winless North Texas 24-21. Doesn’t quite qualify because UNT had only lost five games to that point in the season.
Before VT, the last time this happened was in 1981, when an undefeated VMI visited winless Virginia and fell by a 13-10 margin. VMI was 5-0-1 coming into the game, so it’s up to your personal taste whether that should qualify for the list.
(Also, what is with the state of Virginia? The last three teams to lose these kinds of games were all from the state of Virginia. You have to go all the way back to 1960 to find a team not from Virginia who lost one of these, when 0-6 Villanova beat 5-0 Rutgers 14-12)
These games have become less and less common over the years, with this week actually being the first qualifying game since 2015.