1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football Independent 6–2–1 Martin V. Bergen 2nd James Morrison Madison Hall Field Southern co-champion The 1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the 1897 college football season. Led by second-year coach Martin Bergen, the team went 6–2–1 and claims a Southern co-championship.http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation The Cavaliers tied Vanderbilt in the southern championship game. The Georgia game saw the death of Richard Von Albade Gammon.https://books.google.com/books?id=qkQTAAAAYAAJ&q=templeman+virginia+football+1898&pg=PA347 347 A History of Rome and Floyd County 1 George Magruder Battey 1922 The team's captain was James Morrison. Schedule October 2 w 1897 Franklin & Marshall Franklin & Marshall Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA 38–0 October 9 w St. Albans Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA 14–0 October 13 3:41 p.m. l y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–42 3,000 Quakers Score 42 Points On Virginia https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98186954/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 14, 1897 4 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 30 w y Georgia Piedmont Park Atlanta, GA 17–4 November 6 w Gallaudet Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA 20–4 November 13 l y Navy Worden Field Annapolis, MD 0–4 November 18 w Columbian Madison Hall Field Charlottesville, VA 10–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70516098/columbian-meets-defeat/ The Washington Times Columbian meets defeat November 19, 1897 February 13, 2021 Newspapers.com November 25 3:00 p.m. w y North Carolina West-End Park Richmond, VA South's Oldest Rivalry 12–0 4,000 Great Game Today https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85352339/richmond-dispatch/ The Richmond Dispatch Richmond, Virginia November 25, 1897 1 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com Virginia Boys Win https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85352450/richmond-dispatch/ The Richmond Dispatch Richmond, Virginia November 26, 1897 1 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com Virginia Boys Win (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85352565/richmond-dispatch/ The Richmond Dispatch Richmond, Virginia November 26, 1897 6 September 14, 2021 Newspapers.com December 6 t y Vanderbilt Dudley Field Nashville, TN 0–0 2,400–4,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-vanderbilt-claims-th/136906082/ Vanderbilt claims the championship The Atlanta Journal December 8, 1897 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com http://www.databasefootball.com/college/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=111&Season=1897 1897 Virginia Cavaliers February 24, 2015 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20150225103912/http://www.databasefootball.com/college/teams/teamyear.htm?TeamID=111&Season=1897 February 25, 2015 References Virginia Category:Virginia Cavaliers football seasons Virginia Orange and Blue football