1890 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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 52 and claims a Southern championship.[1] The 115–0 drubbing by Princeton signaled football's arrival in the south.[2][3]

1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record5–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam W. Daggett
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
1890 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10vs. DickinsonWashington, DCW 12–0
October 28vs. PrincetonL 0–115[4]
October 314:15 p.m.vs. Penn
  • Capitol Park
  • Washington, DC
L 0–721,000+[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 293:00 p.m.vs. Trinity (NC)W 10–4[6][7]

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. "Virginians Vanquished: Princeton Wins a Football Match at Baltimore -- Several Players Injured". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Pennsylvania Victorious". The New York Times. November 1, 1890. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Foot-ball". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved September 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
  7. "'Varsity Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1890. p. 11. Retrieved September 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com .
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