1915 Virginia Orange and Blue football team
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.
| 1915 Virginia Orange and Blue football | |
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SAIAA co-champion | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–1 (2–0 SAIAA) |
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| Captain | Harris Coleman |
| Home stadium | Lambeth Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic University | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 25 | Randolph–Macon* | W 20–0 | ||
| October 2 | at Yale* | W 10–0 | [1] | |
| October 9 | Richmond |
| W 74–0 | |
| October 16 | at Harvard* | L 0–9 | ||
| October 23 | at Georgia* | W 9–7 | ||
| October 30 | VMI* |
| W 44–0 | |
| November 6 | Vanderbilt* |
| W 35–10 | |
| November 13 | South Carolina* |
| W 13–0 | |
| November 25 | vs. North Carolina | W 14–0 | [2][3] | |
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References
- "Virginia Blanks Yale with New Haven Tricks". The Sun. October 3, 1915. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- "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
. - "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 .
- "1915 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".
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