1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team
American college football season
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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 8â1 with a mark of 3â0 in conference play, sharing the SAIAA title with Washington and Lee. Virginia outscored its opponents 353 to 38 on the season.
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SAIAA co-champion | |
| Conference | South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8â1 (3â0 SAIAA) |
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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 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&M | 0 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's (MD) | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johns Hopkins | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 0 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | RandolphâMacon* | W 39â0 | [1] | ||
| October 3 | at Yale* | L 0â21 | [2] | ||
| October 10 | Richmond |
| W 62â0 | [3] | |
| October 17 | South Carolina* |
| W 49â7 | [4] | |
| October 24 | Georgia* |
| W 28â0 | [5] | |
| October 31 | at Vanderbilt* | W 20â7 | [6] | ||
| November 7 | St. John's (MD) |
| W 88â0 | [7] | |
| November 14 | at Swarthmore* |
| W 47â0 | [8] | |
| November 26 | vs. North Carolina | W 20â3 | 15,000 | [9][10][11][12] | |
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Players
Varsity lettermen
Line
| 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
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| Robert Kent Gooch | quarterback | Roanoke, Virginia | |||||
| Buck Mayer | halfback | Norfolk, Virginia | 172 | ||||
| M. A. Sparr | fullback | ||||||
| William E. Word | halfback |
Subs
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| George Wayne Anderson | center | ||||||
| W. Watkins Flannagan | end | ||||||
| Edward C. Anderson | halfback | ||||||
| Norberne Berkeley | quarterback | ||||||
| Knox Walker | fullback |
