1922 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1922 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–4–1 (1–1–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumLambeth Field
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Carolina + 5 0 0 9 1 0
Georgia Tech + 4 0 0 7 2 0
Vanderbilt * + 3 0 0 8 0 1
VPI 3 0 0 8 1 1
Florida 2 0 0 7 2 0
Auburn 2 1 0 8 2 0
Tennessee 3 2 0 8 2 0
Alabama 3 2 1 6 3 1
Virginia 1 1 1 4 4 1
Mississippi A&M 2 3 0 3 4 2
Kentucky 1 2 0 6 3 0
Clemson 1 2 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 2 0 5 3 1
Maryland 1 2 0 4 5 1
LSU 1 2 0 3 7 0
Georgia 1 3 1 5 4 1
Tulane 1 4 0 4 4 0
South Carolina 0 2 0 5 4 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0 4 5 1
NC State 0 5 0 4 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SIAA

The 1922 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1922 college football season. Led by Thomas J. Campbell in his first and only season as head coach, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 4–4–1 with a mark of 1–1–1 in conference play, placing ninth in the SoCon.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30George Washington*W 34–0[1]
October 7at Princeton*L 0–5[2][3][4]
October 14Richmond*
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–6[5]
October 21VMI*
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–1411,000[6][7]
October 28at Johns Hopkins*W 19–0[8]
November 4Washington and Lee
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 22–68,000–10,000[9]
November 11Georgia
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
T 6–6[10]
November 18West Virginia*
L 0–136,000[11]
November 30North Carolina
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
L 7–10[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Virginia swamps George Washington, 34 to 0". The Washington Herald. October 1, 1922. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tigers Bothered By Virginia Eleven". New York Herald. New York, New York. October 8, 1922. p. 52. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Virginia Holds Princeton 5 to 0; Augusta Teams Lose". The News Leader. Staunton, Virginia. October 8, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Virginia Holds (continued)". The News Leader. Staunton, Virginia. October 8, 1922. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Fumble Costs Spiders Hard-Fought Contest". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 15, 1922. p. 39. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Flying Squadron Repeats Bitter Dose For Virginia Before Crowd Of 11,000". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 22, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Cadets Win From Orange And Blue On Lambeth Field (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 22, 1922. p. 47. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Virginia tumbles Hopkins, 19–0". The Washington Herald. October 29, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Orange and Blue crush Fighting Generals in hard fought struggle". The Roanoke Times. November 5, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Ancient rivals battle to draw". The State. November 12, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mountaineers Blank Virginia Eleven, 13-0". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 19, 1922. p. III-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Virginia fails to hold North Carolina men". The Birmingham News. December 1, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.