1890 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record5–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam W. Daggett
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Southern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 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[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10vs. DickinsonWashington, DCW 12–0
October 28vs. Princeton
L 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 open access.
  7. ^ "'Varsity Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1890. p. 11. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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