1916 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1916 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceSouth Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1916 record4–5 (2–1 SAIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumLambeth Field
Seasons
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1916 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • v
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VPI $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Georgetown 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 2
George Washington 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
North Carolina 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Catholic University 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Davidson 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Richmond 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
St. John's (MD) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Johns Hopkins 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 2 – 0
North Carolina A&M 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1916 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1916 college football season. Led by Peyton Evans in his first and only season as head coach, Virginia compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–1 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the SAIAA.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Davidson
W 14–0
October 7at Yale*
L 3–61
October 14Richmond
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 21–0
October 21Georgia*
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 7–13
October 28at Vanderbilt*
L 6–27
November 4Harvard*
L 0–51
November 11South Carolina*
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 35–6[1]
November 18VMI
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 20–7
November 302:30 p.m.vs. North Carolina
L 0–7[2][3][4][5][6]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Virginia team wins from South Carolina". The Times Dispatch. November 12, 1916. Retrieved January 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football Classic Event Of To-Day". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ "Football Classic Event Of To-Day (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Carolina Wins From Virginia By Score of 7 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Carolina Wins From Virginia By Score of 7 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "Carolinians Victorious After Eight Consecutive Defeats". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. December 1, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved January 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "1916 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".
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