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1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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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 college football season was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team's head coach was R. G. Acton, who was in his first year at Vanderbilt and went onto coach two more. This was the first meeting of Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

Schedule

October 10Kentucky State

W 6–0   October 17at Centre*Danville, KYL 0–46   October 24Central Kentucky

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

T 0–0   November 3at Southwestern MemphisMemphis, TNW 36–0   November 7at MissouriSt. Louis, MOL 6–26   November 14Nashville

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

T 0–0   November 27at Sewanee

W 10–4 3,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

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