1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam W. Daggett
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 Southern college football independents records
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 Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent 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]

  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.