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1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–2–2 (2–0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainPhil Connell
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU + 3 0 0 6 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 0 4 0 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 2 3 2 2
Auburn 3 1 0 3 1 0
Texas 1 1 0 4 2 1
Alabama 1 1 0 2 1 0
Kentucky State College 1 1 0 3 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 0 3 3 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tulane 1 2 0 3 2 0
Nashville 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mercer 0 2 1 0 2 1
Central (KY) 0 2 1 0 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 0 0 4 0
SW Presbyterian 0 2 0 0 3 0
Cumberland (TN)        
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was R. G. Acton, who was in his first year at Vanderbilt and went on to coach two more. This was the first meeting of Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10Kentucky State CollegeW 6–0600[1]
October 17at Centre*Danville, KYL 0–46
October 24Central (KY)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 0–0
November 3at Southwestern PresbyterianMemphis, TNW 36–0
November 72:30 p.m.at Missouri*
L 6–26[2]
November 14Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 0–0
November 27at SewaneeW 10–43,000

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Nashville Gets 'Em Both". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. October 11, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Missouri And Vanderbilt". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 7, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved August 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2013.