1896 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team

1896 Kentucky State College Blue and White football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1896 record 3–6 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach Dudley Short (1st season)
1896 SIAA football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
LSU + 3 0 0  6 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 0  4 0 0
Vanderbilt 3 0 2  3 2 2
Auburn 3 1 0  3 1 0
Georgia Tech 1 1 1  1 1 1
Texas 1 1 0  4 2 1
Alabama 1 1 0  2 1 0
Kentucky State 1 1 0  3 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 0  3 3 0
Tulane 1 2 0  3 2 0
SW Presbyterian 0 1 0  0 1 0
Nashville 0 1 1  0 1 1
Mercer 0 2 1  0 2 1
Central 0 2 1  0 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 0  0 4 0
Cumberland         
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1896 Kentucky State College Blue and White football team represented Kentucky State College—now known as the University of Kentucky—during the 1896 college football season.[1] It was the school's first season as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA).

Partial list of scores

DateSiteWinnerLoser
October 10Nashville, TennesseeVanderbilt University 6Kentucky State College 0[2]
October 24Lexington, KentuckyKentucky State College 26University of Kentucky 6[3]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  2. "Games in Tennessee". The Times-Democrat. Louisiana, New Orleans. October 11, 1896. p. 12. Retrieved November 17, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "The Accidents Begin". The Courier-Journal. Kentucky, Louisville. October 25, 1896. p. 9qpn. Retrieved November 17, 2016 via Newspapers.com.


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