Richmond Spiders football, 1890–99

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 VPI 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)
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)
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  

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