1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1896 record 322 (302 SIAA)
Head coach R. G. Acton (1st season)
Captain Phil Connell
Home stadium Dudley Field
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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was R. G. Acton, who was in his first year at Vanderbilt and went on to coach two more. This was the first meeting of Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 10 Kentucky State Dudley FieldNashville, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 60    
October 17 at Centre* Danville, Kentucky L 046    
October 24 Central (KY) Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 00    
November 3 at Southwestern Memphis Memphis, Tennessee W 360    
November 7 at Missouri* St. Louis, Missouri L 626    
November 14 Nashville Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee T 00    
November 27 at Sewanee Hardee FieldSewanee, Tennessee (Rivalry) W 104   3,000
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2013-08-27.


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