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1895 Virginia Cavaliers football
Southern champion
ConferenceIndependent
1895 record9–3
Head coachHarry Arista Mackey (1st season)
CaptainJohn Penton
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 college football independents records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Penn         14 0 0
Yale         13 0 2
Princeton         10 1 1
Michigan         8 1 0
Chicago         10 3 0
Virginia         9 3 0
Harvard         8 2 1
North Carolina         7 1 1
Minnesota         7 3 0
Lafayette         6 2 0
Oregon         4 0 0
Stanford         4 0 1
Washington         4 0 1
Tufts         8 5 0
Wesleyan         6 3 0
Army         5 2 0
Wisconsin         5 2 1
Illinois         4 2 1
Notre Dame         3 1 0
Washington Agricultural         2 0 0
California         3 1 1
Northwestern         6 5 0
Purdue         4 3 0
Brown         7 6 1
USC         0 1 1
Cornell         3 4 1
Utah         0 1 0
Iowa State         3 4 0
Oregon Agricultural         0 2 1
MIT         1 4 0
Trinity (CT)         1 4 0
Lehigh         3 6 0
Lake Forest         1 6 0

The 1895 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1895 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Harry Arista Mackey, the team went 9–3 and claims a Southern championship.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 2Miller School
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 30–0
October 5VAMC
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
W 26–2
October 9at Princeton
  • Catonsville Country Club
  • Catonsville, MD
L 0–363,000[3]
October 12Maryland Athletic Club
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 20–0
October 19at PennL 0–48
October 26[[{{{school}}}|Gallaudet]]
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 16–6
October 29Roanoke
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–0
November 2at Navy
L 0–1*
November 11St. Albans
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 14–4
November 12Richmond
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 62–0
November 16vs. VanderbiltAtlanta, GAW 6–43,000
November 28vs. North CarolinaRichmond, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)W 6–0

[4][5]

  • Virginia forfeits game due to major fire at UVA

See also[]

  • 1895 College Football All-Southern Team

References[]

Template:Independent southern football champions

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