Richmond Spiders football, 1890–1899

The Richmond Colts football teams represented Richmond College (now called the University of Richmond) in Richmond, Virginia. Their traditional football rival is The College of William & Mary located 45 minutes east in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Contents:	1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899

1890

1890 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	0–3–0
Head coach	C. T. Taylor (1st year)
Seasons « 1889 1891 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 1	at Randolph-Macon	Ashland, Virginia	L 4–6
November 20	at Washington & Lee	Lexington, Virginia	L 6–28
November 27	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–4

1891

1891 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1891 record	0–2–0
Head coach	Dana Rucker (1st year)
Seasons « 1890 1892 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 9	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	L 4–12
November 23	Keswick School	Richmond, Virginia	L 4–12

1892

1892 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1892 record	2–3–0
Head coach	Penwick Shelton (1st year)
Seasons « 1891 1893 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 15	Washington & Lee	Richmond, Virginia	L 6–8
October 21	North Carolina	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–40
October 24	Wake Forest	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–16
November 24	at Hampden-Sydney	Hampden-Sydney, Virginia	W 24–0
December 19	at Randolph-Macon	Ashland, Virginia	W 16–0

1893

1893 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1893 record	3–2–0
Head coach	Dana Rucker (2nd year)
Seasons « 1892 1894 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Capitol City A.C.	Richmond, Virginia	W 22–0
October 9	at Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	L 4–34
November 10	at Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	L 0–34
November 13	at Allegheny Collegiate Institute	Alderson, West Virginia	W 24–4
November 18	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 12–0

1894

1894 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1894 record	0–4–2
Head coach	Dana Rucker (3rd year)
Seasons « 1893 1895 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	at Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	L 0–48
October 18	Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–28
November 3	at Norfolk YMCA	Norfolk, Virginia	T 4–4
November 10	vs. North Carolina	Greensboro, North Carolina	L 0–28
November 17	at Georgetown	Washington, D.C.	L 0–34
December 1	at Hampden-Sydney	Hampden-Sydney, Virginia	T 0–0

1895

1895 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1895 record	0–5–1
Head coach	Dana Rucker (4th year)
Seasons « 1894 1896 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 10	Hampton A.C.	Richmond, Virginia	L 4–16
November 2	Hampden-Sydney	Richmond, Virginia	T 0–0
November 11	at Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	L 0–44
November 12	at Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	L 0–62
November 18	at N.C. State	Raleigh, North Carolina	L 0–40
November 19	at North Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 0–34

1896

No team was fielded for the 1896 college football season.

1897

1897 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1897 record	3–5–0
Head coach	Bill Wertenbaker (1st year)
Seasons « 1896 1898 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	Richmond A.C.	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–26
October 9	at Hampton A.C.	Hampton, Virginia	L 0–32
October 16	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 6–4
October 30	at Petersburg YMCA	Petersburg, Virginia	W 26–0
November 2	Hampden-Sydney	Richmond, Virginia	W 8–6
November 5	George Washington	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–22
November 9	St. Alban's (VA)	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–20
November 13	Virginia Tech	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–36

1898

The 1898 season was significant because it marked the first meeting between Richmond and The College of William & Mary, which later became known as the I-64 Bowl (so named for the highway between the two nearby schools). The Richmond-W&M rivalry is the fourth-longest played college football rivalry and, through the 2009 match-up, the schools have played each other 119 times. Richmond won the inaugural contest 15–0.

1898 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	3–3–1
Head coach	O. L. Owen (1st year)
Seasons « 1897 1899 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 22	Hampden-Sydney	Richmond, Virginia	T 6–6
October 25	at Randolph-Macon	Ashland, Virginia	W 15–0
October 29	at Virginia Military Institute	Lexington, Virginia	L 0–16
October 31	at Washington & Lee	Lexington, Virginia	L 0–6
November 14	Washington & Lee	Richmond, Virginia	W 12–0
November 19	William & Mary	Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 15–0
November 24	at Newport News A.C.	Newport News, Virginia	L 0–11

1899

1899 Richmond Spiders football
Conference	Independent
1899 record	2–2–0
Head coach	Julian Hill (1st year)
Seasons « 1898 1900 »

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 14	at Portsmouth A.C.	Portsmouth, Virginia	L 0–16
October 19	Pantops Academy (VA)	Richmond, Virginia	W 17–0
October 21	William & Mary	Richmond, Virginia (I-64 Bowl)	W 41–0
October 28	Hampden-Sydney	Richmond, Virginia	L 5–17

Notes

Richmond Spiders football Venues City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present) Bowls & rivalries Capital Cup (William & Mary) People Head coaches Seasons 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 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 National championship seasons in bold