The Richmond Colts football teams represented Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) in Richmond, Virginia. The first Spiders season was in 1881 when they finished 2–0–0, both wins being against Randolph-Macon College of Ashland. The Spiders did not compete in the 1883 and 1884 seasons.
| Contents: | 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 |
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| 1881 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1881 record | 2–0–0 | ||
| Head coach | M. C. Taylor (1st year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| December 3 | at Randolph-Macon | Ashland, Virginia | W 3–0 | |||||
| December 17 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | W 3–0 | |||||
| 1882 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1882 record | 1–0–0 | ||
| Head coach | C. M. Hazen (1st year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| December 9 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | W 5–1 | |||||
Rain canceled the only scheduled game of the 1883 season. The Colts were supposed to have played the Hampden-Sydney Tigers.
The Colts did not play any games in the 1884 college football season.
| 1885 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1885 record | 1–1–0 | ||
| Head coach | C. M. Hazen (2nd year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| November 12 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | W 3–1 | |||||
| November 12 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | L 1–2 | |||||
| 1886 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1886 record | 1–1–0 | ||
| Head coach | C. M. Hazen (3rd year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 21 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | L 0–1 | |||||
| November 20 | at Randolph-Macon | Ashland, Virginia | W 3–1 | |||||
| 1887 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1887 record | 1–1–0 | ||
| Head coach | H. R. Hundley (1st year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| November 12 | at McCabe University | Petersburg, Virginia | L 0–57 | |||||
| November 24 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | W 14–13 | |||||
| 1888 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1888 record | 1–2–0 | ||
| Head coach | C. M. Hazen (4th year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| November 12 | at Randolph-Macon | Ashland, Virginia | W 11–0 | |||||
| November 29 | Petersburg A.C. | Richmond, Virginia | L 0–6 | |||||
| December 9 | McCabe University | Richmond, Virginia | L 0–6 | |||||
| 1889 Richmond Colts football | |||
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| Conference | Independent | ||
| 1889 record | 1–2–0 | ||
| Head coach | Frank Johnson (1st year) | ||
Seasons
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| November 28 | Petersburg A.C. | Richmond, Virginia | L 0–6 | |||||
| December 10 | at Wake Forest | Wake Forest, North Carolina | L 14–32 | |||||
| December 16 | Randolph-Macon | Richmond, Virginia | W 42–0 | |||||
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