Richmond Spiders football, 1881–89

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

1881

1881 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1881 record	2–0–0
Head coach	M. C. Taylor (1st year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
December 3	at Randolph-Macon	Ashland, Virginia	W 3–0
December 17	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 3–0

1882

1882 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1882 record	1–0–0
Head coach	C. M. Hazen (1st year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
December 9	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 5–1

1883

Rain canceled the only scheduled game of the 1883 season. The Colts were supposed to have played the Hampden-Sydney Tigers.

1884

The Colts did not play any games in the 1884 college football season.

1885

1885 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1885 record	1–1–0
Head coach	C. M. Hazen (2nd year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 12	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 3–1
November 12	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	L 1–2

1886

1886 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1886 record	1–1–0
Head coach	C. M. Hazen (3rd year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 21	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	L 0–1
November 20	at Randolph-Macon	Ashland, Virginia	W 3–1

1887

1887 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1887 record	1–1–0
Head coach	H. R. Hundley (1st year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
November 12	at McCabe University	Petersburg, Virginia	L 0–57
November 24	Randolph-Macon	Richmond, Virginia	W 14–13

1888

1888 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1888 record	1–2–0
Head coach	C. M. Hazen (4th year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
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

1889 Richmond Colts football
Conference	Independent
1889 record	1–2–0
Head coach	Frank Johnson (1st year)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
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

Notes

Richmond Spiders football

Venues	City Stadium (1929–2009) E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (2010–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Capital Cup (William & Mary) VMI

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

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