1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrancklyn A. Meacham
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
Seasons
  1887
1889  
1888 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown   4 2 0
Trinity (NC)   2 1 0
Virginia   2 1 0
Wake Forest   2 1 0
Johns Hopkins   6 5 0
Richmond   1 2 0
North Carolina   1 3 0
Navy   1 4 0
Gallaudet     
Randolph–Macon     
St. John's (MD)     

The 1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent during the 1888 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 20 Pantops Academy
W 20–0
November 24 Episcopal High School
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 16–0
December 8 Johns Hopkins
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–26

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