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