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1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1896 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wisconsin $ 2 0 1 7 1 1
Michigan 2 1 0 9 1 0
Northwestern 2 1 1 6 1 2
Chicago 3 2 0 15 2 1
Minnesota 1 2 0 8 2 0
Illinois 0 2 1 4 2 1
Purdue 0 2 1 4 2 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1896 college football season. In their second season under head coach George Huff, the Illini compiled a 4–2–1 record and finished in a tie for last place in the inaugural season of the Western Conference.[3]

Schedule

October 3Lake Forest*

  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL

W 38–0 October 10Knox*

W 70–4 October 17vs. Missouri*

W 10–0 October 21Oberlin*

  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL

W 22–6 October 31at Chicago

L 0–12 November 7Northwestern

  • Illinois Field
  • Champaign, IL (Series)

L 4–10 November 25at Purdue

T 4–4

Template:CFB Schedule End [4]

Roster

Official Roster
  • Beebe, Charles D. RG (captain)
  • Burkland, Theo L. LE
  • Clinton, Edgar M. RHB/LHB
  • Coffeen, Harry C. FB
  • Fischer, Leon E. RT/LG
  • McKee, James H. QB
  • Pixley, Arthur H. LT
  • Rhodes, Ora M. LG
  • Schacht, Frederick W. RHB
  • Von Oven, Frederick W. RE
  • Zimmerman, Walter H. C
 

Substitutes

  • Alarco, Jose′ M. E
  • Enochs, Claude D. LE/HB
  • Forbes, Stuart F. LE/HB
  • Hodges, J.S. LG
  • Hughes, A.H. LHB
  • Jack, R.D. G/T
  • Johnston, Arthur R. LHB
  • Kennedy, R. LHB
  • McLane, E.C. RG
  • Sconce, Harvey J. LHB
  • Wood, Harvey E. RHB

[5]

References

  1. ^ FightingIllini.com Head Coaches
  2. ^ FightingIllini.com Captains
  3. ^ "1896 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Sports-Reference.com
  5. ^ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters