1896 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

The 1896 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented the Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University during the 1896 college football season.[1]

1896 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	2–3
Head coach	Coach Sims (1st season)

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
Arkansas		–		2	–	1	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	3	–	0
Clemson		–		2	–	1	–	0
VMI		–		3	–	4	–	0
North Carolina		–		3	–	4	–	1
Furman		–		2	–	3	–	0
West Virginia		–		3	–	7	–	2
South Carolina		–		1	–	3	–	0
Erskine		–		0	–	1	–	0
William & Mary		–		0	–	2	–	0
Delaware		–		0	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result
Oct 23	Bingham Military School	L 0–12
Oct 31	Clemson	L 6–14
Nov 6	Wofford	L 0–6
Nov 13	Charleston YMCA	W 10–0
Nov 26	South Carolina	W 12–0

Furman Paladins football
Venues	Manly Field (1919–1935) Sirrine Stadium (1936–1980) Paladin Stadium (1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	The Citadel Wofford
Culture & lore	Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903–1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
National championship seasons in bold

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