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1890 Virginia Cavaliers football
Southern champion
ConferenceIndependent
1890 record5–2
CaptainWilliam W. Daggett
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 →
1890 college football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Harvard         11 0 0
Yale         13 1 0
California         4 0 0
Virginia         5 2 0
Michigan         4 1 0
Cornell         8 4 0
Dartmouth         4 4 0
Georgetown         3 3 1
Washington         0 0 1
Columbia         1 5 1
Colorado         0 4 0

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 115–0 drubbing by Princeton signaled football's arrival in the south.[2][3]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 10vs. DickinsonWashington, DCW 12–0
October 314:15 p.m.vs. Penn
  • Capitol Park
  • Washington, DC
L 0–721,000+[4]
November 1vs. Princeton
L 0–115[5]
November 10[[{{{school}}}|Lafayette]]
W 20–6
November 24vs. [[{{{school}}}|Randolph–Macon]]
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 136–0
November 26at Washington and LeeLexington, VAW 46–0
November 29vs. Trinity (NC)Richmond, VAW 10–4

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References[]

Template:Independent southern football champions

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