1890 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Independent
1890 record 5–2
Head coach Unknown
Captain William W. Daggett
Home stadium Madison Hall Field
1890 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard   –    11 –0 –0
Yale   –    13 –1 –0
California   –    4 –0 –0
Virginia   –    5 –2 –0
Cornell   –    8 –4 –0
Michigan   –    4 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    4 –4 –0
Washington   –    0 –0 –1
Columbia   –    1 –5 –1
Colorado   –    0 –4 –0

The 1890 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1890 college football season. The team had no known coach, and went 5–2 and claims a Southern championship.[1] The 115–0 drubbing by Princeton signaled football's arrival in the south.[2][3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result
October 10 vs. Dickinson Washington, D. C. W 12–0  
October 27 vs. Penn Capitol Park • Washington, D. C. L 0–72  
October 28 vs. Princeton Oriole Park • Baltimore, MD L 0–115  
November 10 Lafayette Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA W 20–6  
November 24 vs. Randolph-Macon Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA W 136–0  
November 26 at Washington & Lee Lexington, VA W 46–0  
November 29 vs. Duke Richmond, VA W 10–4  
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ↑ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. ↑ Kevin Edds (June 7, 2013). "Lambeth: Virginia's Father of Athletics". Retrieved April 9, 2015 – via TheSabre.com.
  3. ↑ Newman, Zipp (4 December 1950). "Southern Football Notes". Times Daily - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
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