1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football
SAIAA co-champion
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (3–0 SAIAA)
Head coach	Joseph M. Wood (1st season)
Captain	Eugene Mayer
Home stadium	Lambeth Field
Seasons ←  1913 1915  →

1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington and Lee +	3	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Virginia +	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
North Carolina	1	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
VPI	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Georgetown	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
North Carolina A&M	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
St. John's (MD)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Johns Hopkins	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Richmond	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1914 college football season. Led by Joseph M. Wood in his first and only season as head coach, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, sharing the SAIAA title with Washington and Lee. Virginia outscored its opponents 353 to 38 on the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Randolph–Macon *	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 39–0		[1]
October 3	at Yale *	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–21		[2]
October 10	Richmond	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 62–0		[3]
October 17	South Carolina *	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 49–7		[4]
October 24	Georgia *	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 28–0		[5]
October 31	at Vanderbilt *	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 20–7		[6]
November 7	St. John's (MD)	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 88–0		[7]
November 14	at Swarthmore *	Clothier Field Stadium Swarthmore, PA	W 47–0		[8]
November 26	vs. North Carolina	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 20–3	15,000	[9] [10] [11] [12]
*Non-conference game

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Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Rube Barker	tackle		East St. Louis, Illinois			175
Harris Coleman	guard		Stanford, Kentucky
Peyton Evans	center
James T. Gillette	end
Claude Moore	guard
James Clay Ward	tackle
James L. White	end		Macon, Georgia

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Robert Kent Gooch	quarterback		Roanoke, Virginia
Buck Mayer	halfback		Norfolk, Virginia			172
M. A. Sparr	fullback
William E. Word	halfback

Subs

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
George Wayne Anderson	center
W. Watkins Flannagan	end
Edward C. Anderson	halfback
Norberne Berkeley	quarterback
Knox Walker	fullback

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References

1. "Victory for Virginia". The Baltimore Sun. September 27, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Virginia keeps Yale moving". The Springfield Daily Republican. October 4, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Virginia defeats Richmond College". Bristol Herald Courier. October 11, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "South Carolina scores on Virginia's eleven". Daily Press. October 18, 1914. Retrieved January 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Virginia bests Georgia". The Commercial Appeal. October 25, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Vandy no match for Virginians". The News and Observer. November 1, 1914. Retrieved May 20, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Virginia smothers St. John's eleven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 8, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Virginia bumps little Quakers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Joseph Daniels Think Carolina Will Win Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "Joseph Daniels Think Carolina Will Win Game (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
11. "Virginia Downs Carolina 20 To 3". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
12. "Virginia Downs Carolina 20 To 3 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved January 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
13. "1914 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".
14. University of Virginia Alumni News. Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. January 1, 1913.