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Randolph–Macon was founded in 1830 by Methodists Hekeziah G. Leigh and John Early [6] and Staten Islander Gabriel Poillon Disosway. It was originally located in Boydton, near the North Carolina border, but as the railroad link to Boydton was destroyed during the Civil War, the college's trustees decided to relocate the school to Ashland in 1868.
[citation needed] The last class to have the option to receive diplomas from Randolph-Macon Woman's College graduated on May 16, 2010. Randolph College is named after John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Randolph (1773-1833) was an eccentric planter and politician who, in his will, released hundreds of slaves after his death and once fought a ...
Meta Glass, president of Sweet Briar College; John Lesslie Hall, literary scholar at the College of William & Mary from 1888 to 1928; M. Thomas Inge, Robert Emory Blackwell Professor of Humanities at Randolph–Macon College; Samuel Lander, Methodist minister who founded what later became Lander University
The Game (Hampden–Sydney vs. Randolph–Macon) The Game Ball Hampden–Sydney: Randolph–Macon: 1893 2024 128 The Regents Cup Frostburg State D-II: Salisbury: 1973 2018 [60] 46 The Stagg Hat [61] Lycoming: Susquehanna: 1949 2019 55 Transit Trophy Game: The Transit Trophy RPI: WPI: 1894 2024 117 Trinity–Wesleyan football rivalry: Trinity ...
The 2023 Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets football team is an American football team that represents Randolph–Macon College as a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) during the 2023 NCAA Division III football season.
Randolph–Macon was also a founding member of the Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1900, and remained in the organization until 1921, when the association dissolved. On November 24, 2020, the 1984 football victory over Hampden Sydney was voted the greatest football game in the history of Randolph Macon dating back to 1891.
The Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets football team represents Randolph–Macon College in the sport of American football.In 1969 Randolph–Macon defeated the Bridgeport 47–28 in the inaugural Knute Rockne Bowl laying claim to a shared NCAA College Division national championship with Wittenberg (Springfield, Ohio) which had defeated William Jewell in the first Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
Randolph-Macon Academy Color Guard in New York. Randolph-Macon Academy was founded in 1892 by Dr. William W. Smith as part of the Randolph-Macon College preparatory school program. The original 15-acre (0.061 km 2) campus had one main building which housed classrooms as well as dormitories. The original building resembled a castle in its design ...