1890 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
Southern champion
Conference	Independent
1890 record	5–2
Head coach	Unknown
Captain	William W. Daggett
Home stadium	Madison Hall Field

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 116–0 drubbing by Princeton signaled football's arrival in the south.^[2][3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 10		vs. Dickinson	Washington, D. C.	W 12–0
October 27		vs. Penn	Baltimore, MD	L 0–72
October 28		vs. Princeton	Baltimore, MD	L 0–115
November 10		Lafayette	Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 20–6
November 24		vs. Randolph-Macon	Madison Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA	W 136–0
November 26		at Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	W 46–0
November 29		vs. Duke	Richmond, VA	W 10–4
*Non-conference game.

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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. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19501204&id=ggUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tsYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741,5441535&hl=en
4. "1890 Virginia Cavaliers". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
5. "All-time results". Retrieved February 25, 2015.