1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–2–2 (2–0–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Phil Connell
Home stadiumDudley Field
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
LSU + 3 0 06 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 04 0 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 23 2 2
Auburn 3 1 03 1 0
Texas 1 1 04 2 1
Alabama 1 1 02 1 0
Kentucky State College 1 1 03 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 03 3 0
Tennessee 0 0 04 0 0
Tulane 1 2 03 2 0
Nashville 0 1 10 1 1
Mercer 0 2 10 2 1
Central (KY) 0 2 10 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 00 4 0
SW Presbyterian 0 2 00 3 0
Cumberland (TN)     
  • + 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10 Kentucky State College W 6–0600 [1]
October 17at Centre * Danville, KY L 0–46 [2]
October 24 Central (KY)
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 0–0 [3]
November 72:30 p.m.at Missouri *
L 6–26 [4]
November 11at Southwestern Presbyterian
W 36–0 [5]
November 14 Nashville
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
T 0–0 [6]
November 26at Sewanee W 10–42,500 [7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Nashville Gets 'Em Both". The Nashville American . Nashville, Tennessee. October 11, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  2. "Football, Vanderbilt badly beaten by "Old Centre" yesterday". The Sunday Leader. October 18, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Vanderbilt vs. Central College; Good game at Nashville, ending in a draw". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Missouri And Vanderbilt". St. Louis Globe-Democrat . St. Louis, Missouri. November 7, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved August 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 12, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Was most disgraceful". The Nashville American. November 15, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Vanderbilt Victorious". Nashville Banner . Nashville, Tennessee. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .