1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football
Southern champion
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	None
Captain	William W. Daggett
Home stadium	Madison Hall Field
Seasons ← 1889 1891 →

1890 Southern college football independents records
v t e	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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 10		vs. Dickinson	Washington, DC	W 12–0
October 31	4:15 p.m.	vs. Penn	Capitol Park Washington, DC	L 0–72	1,000+	^[4]
November 1		vs. Princeton	Oriole Park Baltimore, MD	L 0–115		^[5]
November 21	3:30 p.m.	Lafayette	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	W 20–14		^[6]
November 24		vs. Randolph–Macon	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	W 136–0
November 26		at Washington and Lee	Lexington, VA	W 46–0
November 29	3:00 p.m.	vs. Trinity (NC)	Island Park Richmond, VA	W 10–4		^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
^ Kevin Edds (June 7, 2013). "Lambeth: Virginia's Father of Athletics". Retrieved April 9, 2015 – via TheSabre.com.
^ Newman, Zipp (December 4, 1950). "Southern Football Notes". Times Daily - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
^ "Pennsylvania Victorious". The New York Times. November 1, 1890. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Virginians Vanquished: Princeton Wins a Football Match at Baltimore -- Several Players Injured". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Foot-ball Contests—'Varsities And Lafayettes Meet On Field". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. November 23, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Foot-ball". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "'Varsity Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 30, 1890. p. 11. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

v t e Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game 2022 shooting
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Independent southern football champions

Virginia (1889)
Virginia (1890)
Trinity (1891)
North Carolina or Virginia (1892)
Virginia (1893)
Virginia (1894)
Virginia (1895)
Virginia (1896)
Virginia (1897)
North Carolina (1898)
Virginia (1900)
Gallaudet or Virginia (1901)
Virginia (1902)
Georgetown or Kentucky U. (1903)
Georgetown (1904)
VPI (1905)
Virginia or George Washington (1908)
VPI (1909)
Georgia Tech (1915)
Centre (1921)
Centre (1924)
William & Mary (1926)

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