1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team
| 1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football | |
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SAIAA co-champion | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–1 (3–0 SAIAA) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Eugene Mayer |
| Home stadium | Lambeth Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's (MD) | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1914 college football season. Led by Joseph M. Wood in his first and only season as head coach, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 8–1 with a mark of 3–0 in conference play, sharing the SAIAA title with Washington and Lee. Virginia outscored its opponents 353 to 38 on the season.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | Randolph–Macon* | W 39–0 | [1] | ||
| October 3 | at Yale* | L 0–21 | [2] | ||
| October 10 | Richmond |
| W 62–0 | [3] | |
| October 17 | South Carolina* |
| W 49–7 | [4] | |
| October 24 | Georgia* |
| W 28–0 | [5] | |
| October 31 | at Vanderbilt* | W 20–7 | [6] | ||
| November 7 | St. John's (MD) |
| W 88–0 | [7] | |
| November 14 | at Swarthmore* |
| W 47–0 | [8] | |
| November 26 | vs. North Carolina | W 20–3 | 15,000 | [9][10][11][12] | |
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Players
[edit]Varsity lettermen
[edit]Line
[edit]| Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| Rube Barker | tackle | East St. Louis, Illinois | 175 | ||||
| Harris Coleman | guard | Stanford, Kentucky | |||||
| Peyton Evans | center | ||||||
| James T. Gillette | end | ||||||
| Claude Moore | guard | ||||||
| James Clay Ward | tackle | ||||||
| James L. White | end | Macon, Georgia |
Backfield
[edit]| Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Kent Gooch | quarterback | Roanoke, Virginia | |||||
| Buck Mayer | halfback | Norfolk, Virginia | 172 | ||||
| M. A. Sparr | fullback | ||||||
| William E. Word | halfback |
Subs
[edit]| Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wayne Anderson | center | ||||||
| W. Watkins Flannagan | end | ||||||
| Edward C. Anderson | halfback | ||||||
| Norberne Berkeley | quarterback | ||||||
| Knox Walker | fullback |
References
[edit]- ^ "Victory for Virginia". The Baltimore Sun. September 27, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia keeps Yale moving". The Springfield Daily Republican. October 4, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia defeats Richmond College". Bristol Herald Courier. October 11, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "South Carolina scores on Virginia's eleven". Daily Press. October 18, 1914. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia bests Georgia". The Commercial Appeal. October 25, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandy no match for Virginians". The News and Observer. November 1, 1914. Retrieved May 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia smothers St. John's eleven". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 8, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginia bumps little Quakers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 15, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Joseph Daniels Think Carolina Will Win Game". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "Joseph Daniels Think Carolina Will Win Game (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 26, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Virginia Downs Carolina 20 To 3". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Virginia Downs Carolina 20 To 3 (continued)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. November 27, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "1914 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results".
- ^ University of Virginia Alumni News. Alumni Association of the University of Virginia. January 1, 1913.
