1895 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1895 Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football team (1895).jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record9–3
Head coach
CaptainJohn Penton
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Southern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas   –   5 – 0 – 0
LSU   –   3 – 0 – 0
Arkansas   –   1 – 0 – 0
Henry Kendall   –   1 – 0 – 0
North Carolina   –   7 – 1 – 1
VMI   –   5 – 1 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 1 – 0
Centre   –   4 – 1 – 1
Wofford   –   3 – 1 – 0
Virginia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
VAMC   –   4 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss   –   2 – 1 – 0
South Carolina   –   2 – 1 – 0
Tennessee   –   3 – 2 – 1
Tulane   –   3 – 2 – 0
Kentucky State   –   4 – 5 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   1 – 3 – 0
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
Wake Forest   –   0 – 0 – 1
Marshall   –   0 – 1 – 1
Columbian   –   0 – 1 – 1
Catholic University   –   0 – 1 – 0
Oklahoma   –   0 – 1 – 0
Furman   –   0 – 2 – 0
Mississippi A&M   –   0 – 2 – 0
Richmond   –   0 – 5 – 1

The 1895 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1895 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Harry Arista Mackey, the team went 9–3 and claims a Southern championship.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Miller School
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 30–0
October 5VAMC
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 38–0
October 9vs. Princeton
  • Catonsville Country Club
  • Catonsville, MD
L 0–363,000[3]
October 12Maryland Athletic Club
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 20–0
October 19at Penn
L 0–54
October 26Gallaudet
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 16–6
October 29Roanoke
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–0
November 2at Navy
L 0–1*
November 11St. Albans
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–4
November 12Richmond
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 62–0
November 163:00 p.m.vs. Vanderbilt
  • Athletic Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 6–42,500[4]
November 282:30 p.m.vs. North Carolina
W 6–0> 6,000[5][6][7]

*Virginia forfeited due to a major fire at UVA.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. ^ "Southern Crack-A-Jacks". The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1895. p. 2.
  3. ^ "Princeton's Tigers Roast the University of Virginia by 36 to 0 on Catonsville's Gridiron". The Sun (Baltimore). October 10, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Virginia Won It". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 17, 1895. p. 16. Retrieved September 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "The Great Game To-morrow". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Virginia's Victory". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 29, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "Virginia Victorious (continued)". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 29, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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