1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football
1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football
Southern co-champion
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–1
Head coach	William C. Spicer (1st season);
Captain	Richard S. Thomas Jr.
Home stadium	Madison Hall Field
	Seasons ← 1891 1893 →

The 1892 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the 1892 college football season. The team was led by first-year coach William C. Spicer.^[1] The team posted a 3–2–1 record to claim a Southern championship, though it split two games with co-champion North Carolina.^[2] Those games with UNC mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 11		Penn	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	L 0–32
October 22		North Carolina	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	W 30–18
October 29	3:00 p.m.	vs. Sewanee	Island Park Richmond, VA	W 30–0	700	^[3]^[4]
November 16		Georgetown	Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA	T 4–4
November 24		vs. Trinity (NC)	Brisbane Park Atlanta, GA	W 46–4		^[5]^[6]
November 26	3:00 p.m.	vs. North Carolina	Brisbane Park Atlanta, GA	L 0–26		^[7]^[8]
All times are in Eastern time

^ Miles, Lovick Pierce (December 1894). "Football In The South". Outing. XXV (3). Outing Publishing Company: 260. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Google Books.
^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
^ "Foot Ball". The Times. Richmond, Virginia. October 29, 1892. p. 6. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Thirty To Nothing". The Richmond Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. October 30, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The College Boys". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 24, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "They're Champions". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 25, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Last Game". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 26, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The White And Blue". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. November 27, 1892. p. 20. Retrieved September 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

This college football 1890s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a sports team in Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.