1890 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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]

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

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]