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1889 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1889 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainSidney M. Neely
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Trinity (NC)     2 0 0
Georgetown     5 1 0
Navy     4 1 1
Virginia     4 2 0
Wake Forest     2 2 0
North Carolina     1 1 0
Delaware     1 1 1
Johns Hopkins     2 4 1
Richmond     1 2 0
Dover Conference Academy     0 2 1
Furman     0 2 0

The 1889 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1889 college football season. The team had no known coach, and went 4–2 and claims a Southern championship.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Pantops Academy
W 44–0
October 15Georgetown
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 32–0
October 22Johns Hopkins
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 58–0
November 6vs. Wake ForestRichmond, VAW 46–4
November 20at NavyAnnapolis, MDL 12–22
December 1Lehigh
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 12–26[2]

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. ^ "Football in Virginia". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. December 2, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.