The 1897 Virginia Orange and Blue football team represented the University of Virginia as an independent the 1897 college football season.
Led by second-year coach Martin Bergen, the team went 6–2–1 and claims a Southern co-championship.
[1] The Cavaliers tied Vanderbilt in the southern championship game.
The Georgia game saw the death of Richard Von Albade Gammon.
[2] The team's captain was James Morrison.