1896 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1896 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1896 college football season. Led by first-year coach Martin V. Bergen, the team went 7–2–2 and claims a Southern championship.[1][2]

1896 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record7–2–2
Head coach
CaptainPaul Lee Cocke
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Centre      6 0 1
Texas A&M      2 0 1
Oklahoma      2 0 0
North Carolina A&M      1 0 0
Virginia      7 2 2
VPI      5 2 1
Arkansas      2 1 0
Navy      5 3 0
Clemson      2 1 0
VMI      3 4 0
North Carolina      3 4 1
Furman      2 3 0
West Virginia      3 7 2
South Carolina      1 3 0
Erskine      0 1 0
William & Mary      0 2 0
Delaware      0 6 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 3Hampton Athletic Club
T 10–10
October 10Miller School
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 26–2
October 14at Penn
L 0–20
October 17St. John's (MD)
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 48–0
October 21at PrincetonL 0–48
October 314:00pm[3]VPI
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 44–0600[3]
November 2St. Albans
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 6–0
November 11vs. VMILynchburg, VAW 46–0
November 14at Hampton Athletic ClubT 6–6
November 21Gallaudet
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 6–0
November 26vs. North CarolinaRichmond, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)W 46–0

[4][5]

Season summary

Week 5: at Princeton

The Princeton Tigers defeated Virginia 48 to 0, "the game was too one-sided to be interesting."[6]

References

  1. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. "The Virginians Are Still Champions". The Times-Picayune. November 27, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved August 14, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Foot-Ball in Virginia". The Times. Library of Virginia. November 1, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  4. "1896 Virginia Cavaliers". Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  6. Presbrey, Frank; Moffatt, James Hugh (1901). Athletics at Princeton: A History. p. 374.
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