The Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry, commonly known as the Battle for the Peach Basket, is a college footballrivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Georgia, Valdosta State UniversityBlazers and the University of West GeorgiaWolves that compete for the Peach Basket. The current winner is Valdosta State, who won, 36-34, on October 30, 2021.[1] Valdosta State leads the all-time series, 27–13.[2][3][4]
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. The Wolves upset Valdosta State 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
No.
Date
Location
Winning team
Losing team
1
October 22, 1983
Valdosta State
20
West Georgia
13
2
October 20, 1984
Valdosta State
20
West Georgia
13
3
October 26, 1985
Valdosta
Valdosta State
49
West Georgia
12
4
October 25, 1986
Carrollton
Valdosta State
41
West Georgia
26
5
October 24, 1987
Valdosta
Valdosta State
49
West Georgia
14
6
October 15, 1988
Carrollton
Valdosta State
17
West Georgia
14
7
October 14, 1989
Valdosta
Valdosta State
34
West Georgia
16
8
October 13, 1990
Carrollton
#13 Valdosta State
37
West Georgia
2
9
October 19, 1991
Valdosta
Valdosta State
38
West Georgia
37
10
October 17, 1992
Carrollton
West Georgia
42
Valdosta State
28
11
October 16, 1993
Carrollton
West Georgia
23
#7 Valdosta State
16
12
October 15, 1994
Valdosta
#3 Valdosta State
49
#15 West Georgia
33
13
November 11, 1995
Carrollton
#17 West Georgia
44
Valdosta State
6
14
November 16, 1996
Valdosta
#12 West Georgia
42
#5 Valdosta State
21
15
November 15, 1997
Carrollton
#16 West Georgia
35
Valdosta State
21
16
November 14, 1998
Carrollton
#18 West Georgia
26
Valdosta State
13
17
November 13, 1999
Valdosta
West Georgia
23
Valdosta State
16
18
November 11, 2000
Carrollton
#3 Valdosta State
45
#2 West Georgia
35
19
November 10, 2001
Valdosta
#1 Valdosta State
31
#18 West Georgia
6
20
November 16, 2002
Carrollton
#2 Valdosta State
19
West Georgia
3
21
November 15, 2003
Valdosta
#5 Valdosta State
30
West Georgia
17
No.
Date
Location
Winning team
Losing team
22
November 6, 2004
Carrollton
#5 Valdosta State
35
West Georgia
12
23
November 5, 2005
Valdosta
West Georgia
29
#2 Valdosta State
15
24
November 9, 2006
Carrollton
#16 Valdosta State
38
West Georgia
13
25
November 8, 2007
Valdosta
#8 Valdosta State
35
West Georgia
10
26
October 30, 2008
Valdosta
#14 Valdosta State
41
West Georgia
14
27
October 29, 2009
Carrollton
Valdosta State
31
West Georgia
20
28
November 6, 2010
Valdosta
#10 Valdosta State
31
West Georgia
13
29
October 29, 2011
Valdosta
West Georgia
23
#17 Valdosta State
20
30
October 6, 2012
Carrollton
Valdosta State
42
West Georgia
7
31
October 19, 2013
Carrollton
#12 Valdosta State
35
West Georgia
30
32
October 11, 2014
Valdosta
Valdosta State
40
West Georgia
6
33
December 5, 2014*
Valdosta
#25 West Georgia
31
#21 Valdosta State
17
34
October 10, 2015
Carrollton
#2 West Georgia
49
#21 Valdosta State
28
35
November 28, 2015*
Carrollton
#7 West Georgia
27
#17 Valdosta State
20
36
October 8, 2016
Valdosta
#25 Valdosta State
38
#12 West Georgia
27
37
October 7, 2017
Carrollton
#25 West Georgia
42
Valdosta State
13
38
November 10, 2018
Valdosta
#5 Valdosta State
47
#3 West Georgia
31
39
November 16, 2019
Carrollton
#1 Valdosta State
42
West Georgia
14
40
October 30, 2021
Valdosta
#2 Valdosta State
36
#3 West Georgia
34
41
November 27, 2021*
Valdosta
#5 Valdosta State
66
#13 West Georgia
35
Series: Valdosta State leads 28–13
The 2014*, 2015* and 2021* match-ups were in post-season play
