| Year: | 1896 |
| Team: | Virginia Orange and Blue |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 7–2–2 |
| Head Coach: | Martin V. Bergen |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Paul Lee Cocke |
| Stadium: | Madison Hall Field |
| Champion: | Southern champion |
The 1896 Virginia Orange and Bluefootball team represented the University of Virginia as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by first-year coach Martin V. Bergen, the team went 7–2–2 and claims a Southern championship.[1] [2] W. A. Martin played at end.
The Princeton Tigers defeated Virginia, 48 to 0; "the game was too one-sided to be interesting."[3]