1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard S. Thomas Jr.
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 0
Biddle     1 0 0
Furman     1 0 0
Mercer     1 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia Military     4 0 1
Wake Forest     4 0 1
Johns Hopkins     7 1 0
North Carolina     5 1 0
Central (KY)     4 1 0
Sewanee     5 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Georgetown     4 2 1
Virginia     3 2 1
Vanderbilt     4 4 0
Alabama     2 2 0
Auburn     2 2 0
Georgia     1 1 0
Virginia A&M     1 1 0
Western Maryland     0 0 1
Richmond     2 3 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Kentucky A&M     2 4 1
Tennessee     2 5 0
Trinity (NC)     1 3 0
Hampden–Sydney     0 1 0
Livingstone     0 1 0
Maryville (TN)     0 1 0
South Carolina     0 1 0
Georgia Tech     0 3 0
Maryland     0 3 0

The 1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the 1892 college football season. The team was led by first-year coach William C. Spicer.[1] The team posted a 3–2–1 record to claim a Southern championship, though it split two games with co-champion North Carolina.[2] Those games with UNC mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 11Penn
L 0–32
October 22North Carolina
W 30–18
October 293:00 p.m.vs. SewaneeW 30–0700[3][4]
November 16Georgetown
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
T 4–4
November 24vs. Trinity (NC)
W 46–4[5][6]
November 263:00 p.m.vs. North Carolina
  • Brisbane Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–26[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 1895.
  2. ^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  3. ^ "Foot Ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 29, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Thirty To Nothing". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "The College Boys". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "They're Champions". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 25, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Last Game". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 26, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "The White And Blue". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 27, 1892. p. 20. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.