1919 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1919

| team = Virginia Orange and Blue

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size = 200

| conference = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf = SAIAA

| record = 2–5–2

| conf_record = 1–1–1

| head_coach = Harris Coleman

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium = Lambeth Field

| prev_year = 1916

}}

{{1919 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

The 1919 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1919 college football season. Led by Harris Coleman in his first and only season as head coach, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 2–5–2 with a mark of 1–1–1 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the SAIAA.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1919|team=Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets|title=Randolph–Macon}}

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 12–2

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-orange-and-blue/150530846/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Orange and Blue wins|date=September 28, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = t

| opponent = Richmond

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 0–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-virginia-lacks-drive/150530975/|work=The Washington Post|title=Virginia lacks drive to defeat Richmond|date=October 5, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Maryland State

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 0–13

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=State Stops Virginia Claims To S.A. Honors|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=October 12, 1919|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87223340/state-stops-virginia-claims-to-sa/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 7–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90749298/virginia-takes-game-from-cripples-cadets/|work=The Winston-Salem Journal|title=Virginia takes game from cripples Cadets|date=October 19, 1919|accessdate=December 17, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| score = 0–47

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Harvard Buries Virginia Under 47-0 Count|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Melville E. Webb Jr|date=October 26, 1919|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98418668/harvard-buries-virginia-under-47-0-count/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Harvard Week-End Task Looks Easier: Virginia in Stadium Today, Following Brown|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Melville E. Webb Jr|date=October 25, 1919|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98426181/harvard-virginia/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Centre

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 7–49

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/5409549/|work=The Courier-Journal|title=Centre College smashes vaunted Virginia eleven|date=November 2, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = t

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Georgia

| site_stadium = Sanford Field

| site_cityst = Athens, GA

| score = 7–7

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-virginia-fights-georgi/148598384/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=Virginia fights Georgians to tie|date=November 8, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 6–10

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-vanderbilt-wins-hard-fought/148597649/|work=Daily Press|title=Vanderbilt wins hard-fought game|date=November 16, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 27

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = North Carolina

| site_stadium = Emerson Field

| site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–6

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-n-carolina-dow/150531261/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=N. Carolina downs Old Dominion, 6–0|date=November 28, 1919|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/virginia/1919-schedule.html|title=1919 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results}}

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