1915 Virginia

8–⁠1 (1–⁠0 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), coached by Harry Varner.

Schedule and results

Virginia in 1915, game by game: won vs. Randolph Macon 20–0; won at Yale 10–0; won vs. Richmond 74–0; lost at Harvard 0–9; won at Georgia 9–7; won vs. VMI 44–0; won vs. Vanderbilt 35–10; won at South Carolina 13–0; won vs. North Carolina 14–0+74−9Won 20–0 vs. Randolph Macon+20Randolph MaconWon 10–0 at Yale+10YaleWon 74–0 vs. Richmond+74RichmondLost 0–9 at Harvard-9HarvardWon 9–7 at Georgia+2GeorgiaWon 44–0 vs. VMI+44VMIWon 35–10 vs. Vanderbilt+25VanderbiltWon 13–0 at South Carolina+13South CarolinaWon 14–0 vs. North Carolina+14North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Carolina 14–⁠0; South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1915.

South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions1–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Georgetown

Consensus All-AmericanEugene Mayer, RB

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠0 shared first in South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
219–⁠26
Coach
Harry Varner
Elo
1727 +97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.9 No. 12 of 86 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Harris Coleman

1915 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia1–⁠08–⁠1
Georgetown1–⁠07–⁠2
NC State0–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Virginia Tech0–⁠04–⁠4
Richmond0–⁠10–⁠2

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.