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
Conf.Overall
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. Virginia was retroactively named the national champion by James Howell, but is currently unclaimed by the school.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Randolph–Macon *
W 20–0 [1]
October 2at Yale *
W 10–0 [2]
October 9 Richmond
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 74–0 [3]
October 16at Harvard *
L 0–9 [4]
October 23at Georgia *
W 9–7 [5]
October 30 VMI *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 44–0 [6]
November 6 Vanderbilt *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 35–10 [7]
November 13at South Carolina *
W 13–0 [8]
November 25vs. North Carolina
W 14–0 [9] [10]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "Virginia is held to a low score". The Washington Post. September 26, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Blanks Yale with New Haven Tricks". The Sun. October 3, 1915. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Richmond College easy for Virginia". The Washington Herald. October 10, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Harvard full back beats U. of VA., 9–0". The New York Times. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Victory to Virginia at the last second". The Commercial Appeal. October 24, 1915. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Virginia beats the boys from Lexington". Greensboro Daily News. October 31, 1915. Retrieved June 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Plunging Virginia backfield crumbles the frail Vanderbilt defense for overwhelming victory". The Birmingham Age-Herald. November 7, 1915. Retrieved May 29, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Gamecocks halted Mayer, South Carolina defeated by two early touchdowns". The Times Dispatch. November 14, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "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 .
  10. ↑ "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 .
  11. ↑ "1915 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".
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