1896 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1896 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–2
Head coach
CaptainRobert Adams
Home stadiumOld Oval
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1896 college football season. The head coach was George O. Redington, coaching his second season with the Orangemen. The team finished the season with a final record of 5–3–2.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
Syracuse High SchoolSyracuse, NYW 24–0
October 3at CornellIthaca, NYL 0–22
October 10Elmira Athletic AssociationSyracuse, NYW 20–6
October 17WilliamsSyracuse, NYL 6–24
October 24at ColgateHamilton, NY (rivalry)L 0–6
October 27RochesterSyracuse, NYW 62–4
October 31Syracuse Athletic AssociationSyracuse, NYW 26–0
November 73:30 p.m.at Buffalo
T 6–6[1][2]
November 14St. John's Military AcademySyracuse, NYW 40–0
November 26at Clyde Athletic AssociationT 10–10

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References

  1. ^ "Events And Meetings". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 11. Retrieved April 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Played a Tie Game! U. of B. and Syracuse Struggle Vainly for Supremacy in a Drizzling Rain". Buffalo Evening News. November 9, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 4, 2017.


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