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1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam W. Daggett
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman     2 0 0
Vanderbilt     1 0 0
Virginia     5 2 0
Navy     5 1 1
Delaware     3 2 0
Georgetown     3 3 1
Columbian     2 3 0
Johns Hopkins     0 1 0
Nashville     0 1 0
Trinity (NC)     0 1 0
Richmond     0 3 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 10vs. DickinsonWashington, DCW 12–0
October 274:15 p.m.vs. Penn
  • Capitol Park
  • Washington, DC
L 0–721,000+[4]
October 28vs. PrincetonL 0–115[5]
November 10Lafayette
W 20–6
November 24vs. Randolph–Macon
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 136–0
November 26at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 46–0
November 29vs. Trinity (NC)Richmond, VAW 10–4

[6]

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 (December 4, 1950). "Southern Football Notes". Times Daily - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania Victorious". The New York Times. November 1, 1890. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Virginians Vanquished: Princeton Wins a Football Match at Baltimore -- Several Players Injured". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.