1920 Virginia Orange and Blue football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1920

| team = Virginia Orange and Blue

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| short_conf = SAIAA

| record = 5–2–2

| conf_record = 3–1

| head_coach = W. Rice Warren

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = Lambeth Field

}}

{{1920 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}

The 1920 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) during the 1920 college football season. Led by second-year head coach W. Rice Warren, who had helmed the team in 1913, the Orange and Blue compiled an overall record of 5–2–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the SAIAA.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 25

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = William & Mary

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 27–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-virginia-defeats-willi/150529841/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=Virginia defeats William and Mary|date=September 26, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 2

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets|title=Randolph–Macon}}

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 65–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-university-of-virginia/150529967/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=University of Virginia drubs Randolph–Macon|date=October 3, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 6–22

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-vmi-defeats-u-of-v/150530131/|work=The Roanoke Times|title=V.M.I. defeats U. of VA.; 22 to 6|date=October 10, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Johns Hopkins Blue Jays|title=Johns Hopkins}}

| site_stadium = Homewood Field

| site_cityst = Baltimore, MD

| score = 14–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-crushing-attacks-of/150530240/|work=The Washington Post|title=Crushing attacks of Virginia backs crumple Johns Hopkins|date=October 17, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Rutgers

| site_stadium = Neilson Field

| site_cityst = New Brunswick, NJ

| score = 7–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-virginians-defeat-rutger/150530367/|work=The New York Herald|title=Virginians defeat Rutgers, 7 to 0|date=October 24, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| score = 0–24

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Harvard Has No Easy Time With Virginia: Subs Score Twice in Final Period, Winning 24-0|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Melville E. Webb Jr.|date=October 31, 1920|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98392765/harvard-has-no-easy-time-with-virginia/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = t

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Georgia

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| score = 0–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-georgia-and-virgin/150530494/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Georgia and Virginia play scoreless tie|date=November 7, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = t

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Vanderbilt

| site_stadium = Dudley Field

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| score = 7–7

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-vandy-and-virginia/148654342/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Vandy and Virginia in 7 and 7 deadlock|date=November 14, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| w/l = w

| opponent = North Carolina

| site_stadium = Lambeth Field

| site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 14–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-virginia-wins-from-nor/150530628/|work=The Tampa Morning Tribune|title=Virginia wins from North Carolina after hard fight|date=November 26, 1920|accessdate=July 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/virginia/1920-schedule.html|title=1920 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results}}

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