1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

American college football season

1914 Virginia Orange and Blue football

SAIAA co-champion
Conference	South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	8–1 (3–0 SAIAA)
Head coach	Joseph M. Wood (1st season)
Captain	Eugene Mayer
Home stadium	Lambeth Field
Seasons← 1913 1915 →

1914 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

+ – Conference co-champions

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Randolph–Macon*	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 39–0
October 3	at Yale*	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–21
October 10	Richmond	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 62–0
October 17	South Carolina*	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 49–7
October 24	Georgia*	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 28–0
October 31	at Vanderbilt*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 20–7
November 7	St. John's (MD)	Lambeth Field Charlottesville, VA	W 88–0
November 14	at Swarthmore*	Clothier Field Stadium Swarthmore, PA	W 47–0
November 26	vs. North Carolina	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA (rivalry)	W 20–3	15,000
*Non-conference game

Players

Varsity lettermen

Line

Player	Position	Hometown	Weight
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	Hometown	Weight
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
George Wayne Anderson	center
W. Watkins Flannagan	end
Edward C. Anderson	halfback
Norberne Berkeley	quarterback
Knox Walker	fullback

References

"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.

v t e Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game 2022 shooting
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football champions
Georgetown (1912) NC A&M (1913) Washington & Lee & Virginia (1914) Georgetown, Virginia, & Washington & Lee (1915) VPI (1916) Georgetown (1917) VPI (1918) Georgetown (1919) VMI (1920) Washington & Lee (1921)

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