1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

The 1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the 1897 college football season. Led by second-year coach Martin Bergen, the team went 6–2–1 and claims a Southern co-championship.[1] The Cavaliers tied Vanderbilt in the southern championship game. The Georgia game saw the death of Richard Von Albade Gammon.[2] The team's captain was James Morrison.

1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJames Morrison
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
1897 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oklahoma    2 0 0
Arkansas    2 0 1
Navy    8 1 0
Virginia    6 2 1
Add-Ran    3 1 0
Washington and Lee    3 1 0
VPI    5 2 0
North Carolina    7 3 0
VMI    3 2 0
Guilford    2 1 0
West Virginia    5 4 1
Columbian    4 5 1
Davidson    1 1 0
Richmond    3 5 0
North Carolina A&M    1 2 0
Texas A&M    1 2 0
Delaware    1 5 1
William & Mary    0 1 0
Marshall    0 3 0
South Carolina    0 3 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Franklin & Marshall
W 38–0
October 9St. Albans
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–0
October 133:41 p.m.at PennL 0–423,000[3]
October 30vs. GeorgiaW 17–4
November 6Gallaudet
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 20–4
November 13at NavyL 0–4
November 18Columbian
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 10–0[4]
November 253:00 p.m.vs. North CarolinaW 12–04,000[5][6][7]
December 6at VanderbiltT 0–0

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References

  1. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. George Magruder Battey (1922). A History of Rome and Floyd County. Vol. 1. p. 347.
  3. "Quakers Score 42 Points On Virginia". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Columbian meets defeat". The Washington Times. November 19, 1897. Retrieved February 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Great Game Today". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 25, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Virginia Boys Win". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Virginia Boys Win (continued)". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved September 14, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "1897 Virginia Cavaliers". Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
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