1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainFrancklyn A. Meacham
Home stadiumMadison Hall Field
1888 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     4 2 0
Trinity (NC)     2 1 0
Virginia     2 1 0
Wake Forest     2 1 0
Johns Hopkins     6 5 0
Richmond     1 2 0
North Carolina     1 3 0
Navy     1 4 0
Gallaudet        
Randolph–Macon        
St. John's (MD)        

The 1888 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent during the 1888 college football season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 20Pantops Academy
W 20–0
November 24at Episcopal High SchoolAlexandria, VAW 16–0[1]
December 8Johns Hopkins
  • Madison Hall Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–26[2]

References

  1. ^ "Football". Alexandria Gazette & Virginia Advertiser. November 26, 1888. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Untitled". Alexandria Gazette & Virginia Advertiser. December 10, 1888. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.