1896 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1896 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–2
Head coach	George O. Redington (2nd season)
Captain	Robert Adams
Home stadium	none

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Syracuse HS	Syracuse, NY	W 24–0
October 3	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 0–22
October 10	Elmira Athletic Assoc.	Syracuse, NY	W 20–6
October 17	Williams	Syracuse, NY	L 6–24
October 24	at Colgate	Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 0–6
October 27	Rochester	Syracuse, NY	W 62–4
October 31	Syracuse Athletic Assoc.	Syracuse, NY	W 26–0
November 7	at Buffalo	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	T 6–6
November 14	St. John's Military Acad.	Syracuse, NY	W 40–0
November 26	at Clyde Athletic Assoc.		T 10–10