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
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Johns Hopkins      0 1 0
Nashville      0 1 0
Trinity (NC)      0 1 0
Richmond      0 3 0

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.
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