# Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry

The Valdosta State–West Georgia football rivalry, commonly known as the Battle for the Peach Basket, is a college football rivalry game between two public universities in the U.S. state of Georgia, the 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, 36–34, on October 30, 2021. Valdosta State leads the all-time series, 28–14.

## History

The Blazers and Wolves played every year from 1983 to 2023 in the Gulf South Conference. The first two games in 1983 and 1984 were played at Memorial Stadium in Columbus. Since then, the game has alternated between the respective campuses. The early series was dominated by Valdosta State with the Blazers winning 9 games in a row from 1983 to 1991. This was inverted in the 1990s, when West Georgia won 7 of the next 8 contests. From 2000 to 2013 the series was again dominated by the Blazers, with Valdosta State winning 12 of 14 matchups, as well as 3 national championships. The Blazers won again in the 2014 regular season, but were then upset by the Wolves in the playoff quarterfinals, beginning a stretch during which the Wolves won 4 out of 5.
West Georgia announced it would move to Division I, joining the Atlantic Sun Conference for non-football sports and the football-only The United effective July 1, 2024, thus ending the rivalry for the foreseeable future.

## Game results

| Valdosta State victories | West Georgia victories |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Winning team | Losing team | Losing team |
| 1 | October 22, 1983 | Columbus | Valdosta State | 20 | West Georgia | 13 |
| 2 | October 20, 1984 | Columbus | 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 |
| 22 | November 6, 2004 | Carrollton | #5 Valdosta State | 35 | West Georgia | 12 |
| No. | Date | Location | Winning team | Winning team | Losing team | Losing team |
| 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 |
| 42 | October 22, 2022 | Carrollton | #25 West Georgia | 54 | Valdosta State | 17 |
| 43 | November 11, 2023 | Valdosta | #17 Valdosta State | 58 | West Georgia | 28 |
| Series: Valdosta State leads 29–14 |||||||
* The 2014*, 2015* and 2021* match-ups were in post-season play