1896 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1896 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Western Conference
Record8–2 (1–2 Western)
Head coach
Captain Jack Harrison
Seasons
  1895
1897  
1896 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wisconsin $ 2 0 17 1 1
Michigan 2 1 09 1 0
Northwestern 2 1 16 1 2
Chicago 3 2 015 2 1
Minnesota 1 2 08 2 0
Illinois 0 2 14 2 1
Purdue 0 2 14 2 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1896 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1896 Western Conference football season. The 1896 season was the first season under head coach Alexander Jerrems and was the first season of competition in the Big Ten Conference, or Western Conference as it was commonly referred to at the time. Minnesota won its first ever conference game over Purdue but lost its other two matches to Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at South High School* Minneapolis, MN W 34–0
September 26Minneapolis Central High School*Minneapolis, MNW 50–0
October 3 Carleton *Minneapolis, MNW 16–6
October 10 Grinnell *Minneapolis, MNW 12–0
October 17 Purdue Minneapolis, MNW 14–03,500 [1]
October 24 Iowa Agricultural *Minneapolis, MNW 18–6
October 31Ex-Collegiates*Minneapolis, MNW 8–0
November 7 Michigan
L 4–65,000 [2]
November 21at Wisconsin Madison, WI (rivalry)L 0–6
November 282:30 p.m.vs. Kansas *W 12–0 [3] [4]

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  2. "Gave Them a Great Battle". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 8, 1896. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
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