The 1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the

1897 college football season The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Penn and Yale as having been selected national champions. Conference and program changes Conference establishments * ...

. Led by second-year coach Martin Bergen, the team went 6–2–1 and claims a Southern co-championship. The Cavaliers tied Vanderbilt in the southern championship game. The Georgia game saw the death of Richard Von Albade Gammon. The team's captain was James Morrison.

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