1887 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1887 Virginia Orange and Blue football Independent 0–0–1 None none The 1887 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent during the 1887 college football season.http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2012/7/6/3134677/too-much-information-2012-the-virginia-edition Too Much Information 2012: The Virginia Edition Galen Black Shoe Diaries On November 13, 1887, the Cavaliers and Pantops Academy fought to a scoreless tie in the first organized football game in the state of Virginia. University of Virginia Football Vault Ratcliffe Jerry 2008 Whitman Publishing, LLC Atlanta, Ga. 978-0-7948-2647-5 8 http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u4812190 Students at UVA were playing pickup games of the kicking-style of football as early as 1870, and some accounts even claim that some industrious ones organized a game against Washington and Lee College in 1871, just two years after Rutgers and Princeton's historic first game in 1869. But no record has been found of the score of this contest. Schedule December 15 t y Pantops Academy Pantops, VA 0–0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-dispatch-albemarle-an-ex-senat/183282761/ The Richmond Dispatch Albemarle; An ex-Senator shot at lively football December 16, 1887 October 19, 2025 Newspapers.com References Virginia Category:Virginia Cavaliers football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Category:College football winless seasons Virginia Orange and Blue football