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1896 Centre football team

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1896 Centre Praying Colonels football
State champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
Seasons
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1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre     6 0 1
Texas A&M     2 0 1
Oklahoma     2 0 0
North Carolina A&M     1 0 0
Virginia     7 2 2
VPI     5 2 1
Navy     5 3 0
Arkansas     2 1 0
Clemson     2 1 0
Columbian     2 1 0
Georgia Tech     2 2 1
Add-Ran     1 1 1
Centenary     1 1 0
VMI     3 4 0
North Carolina     3 4 1
Furman     2 3 0
Ole Miss     1 2 0
West Virginia     3 7 2
South Carolina     1 3 0
Erskine     0 1 0
William & Mary     0 2 0
Davidson     0 1 0
Delaware     0 6 0

The 1896 Centre football team represented Centre College in the 1896 college football season.[1] Centre finished the season 6–0–1 and outscored their opponents 184–18.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 17 Vanderbilt Danville, KY W 46–0
October 24 at Louisville Athletic Club Louisville, KY W 16–6
October 31 Kentucky State College Danville, KY W 32–0
November 5 Louisville Athletic Club Danville, KY W 28–0
November 14 at Kentucky State College Lexington, KY W 44–0
November 20 at Cincinnati T 12–12
November 30 at West Virginia Charleston, WV[a] W 6–0

[2]

  1. ^ Centre source claims the game was played in Charleston, while West Virginia source claims the game was played in Danville.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "2017 WVU Football Guide". Issuu. Retrieved May 21, 2020.