1892 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1892 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by first-year coach William C. Spicer.[1] The team posted a 3–2–1 record to claim a Southern championship, though it split two games with co-champion North Carolina.[2] Those games with UNC mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.

1892 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1892 record3–2–1
Head coachWilliam C. Spicer (1st season)
CaptainRichard S. Thomas Jr.
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre      6 0 0
VMI      4 0 1
Wake Forest      4 0 1
Furman      1 0 0
Mercer      1 0 0
North Carolina      1 0 0
Johns Hopkins      7 1 0
North Carolina A&M      5 1 0
Sewanee      5 1 1
Central      4 1 0
Navy      5 2 0
Georgetown      4 2 1
Virginia      3 2 1
Vanderbilt      4 4 0
Alabama      2 2 0
Auburn      2 2 0
Georgia      1 1 0
VAMC      1 1 0
Richmond      2 3 0
Delaware      1 2 2
Kentucky State College      2 4 1
Tennessee      2 5 0
Trinity (NC)      1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney      0 1 0
Maryville      0 1 0
South Carolina      0 1 0
Georgia Tech      0 3 0
Maryland      0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 11Penn
L 0–32
October 22North Carolina
W 30–18
October 29vs. SewaneeRichmond, VAW 30–0
November 16Georgetown
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
T 4–4
November 24vs. Trinity (NC)Atlanta, GAW 46–4
November 26vs. North CarolinaAtlanta, GAL 0–26

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References

  1. Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 1895.
  2. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  3. "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
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