1915 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

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1915 Virginia Orange and Blue football
SAIAA co-champion
Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–1 (2–0 SAIAA)
Head coach
Captain Harris Coleman
Home stadium Lambeth Field
Seasons
  1914
1916  
1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Virginia + 2 0 08 1 0
Washington and Lee + 2 0 06 1 1
Georgetown + 2 0 07 2 0
Catholic University 1 0 05 2 0
Johns Hopkins 1 0 01 0 0
Richmond 0 1 04 4 1
VPI 0 1 04 4 0
North Carolina A&M 0 2 03 3 1
North Carolina 0 2 04 3 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1915 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1915 college football season. Led by Harry Varner in his first and only season as head coach, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, sharing the SAIAA title with Georgetown and Washington and Lee. The only blemish on Virginia's record was a loss to Harvard, whose only loss was to national champion Cornell. The team outscored its opponents 219 to 26 on the season. Virginia halfback Eugene Mayer was the south's first consensus All-American.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Randolph–Macon *W 20–0
October 2at Yale *W 10–0 [1]
October 9 Richmond
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 74–0
October 16at Harvard *L 0–9
October 23at Georgia *W 9–7
October 30 VMI *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 44–0
November 6 Vanderbilt *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 35–10
November 13 South Carolina *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 13–0
November 25vs. North Carolina W 14–0 [2] [3]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Virginia Blanks Yale with New Haven Tricks". The Sun. October 3, 1915. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Virginia Crushes Carolina Hopes By Score Of 14 To 0 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved January 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "1915 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".