1896 Cincinnati football team

The 1896 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In their first season under head coach William A. Reynolds, the Bearcats compiled a 4–3–1 record. The team played its home games at Union Ball Park in Cincinnati.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Miami (OH)	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	L 4–6
October 10	Ohio State	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 8–6
October 17	Ohio	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 52–0
October 24	Ohio Wesleyan	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	W 6–0
October 31	at Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	L 0–16
November 4	at Wittenberg	Springfield, OH	W 6–0
November 14	Carlisle	League Park Cincinnati, OH	L 0–28	5,000	^[3]^[4]
November 26	Centre	Union Ball Park Cincinnati, OH	T 12–12

^ "Cincinnati Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ "2009 University of Cincinnati Football Media Guide" (PDF). gobearcats.com. University of Cincinnati. 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
^ "Indians Are Winners". The Chicago Chronicle. Chicago, Illinois. November 15, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "On The Gridiron". Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 15, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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1896 Midwestern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Carthage		–		4	–	0	–	0
Washburn		–		6	–	1	–	1
Iowa Agricultural		–		8	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan		–		3	–	1	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		3	–	1	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan		–		6	–	2	–	0
Detroit College		–		5	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural		–		3	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg		–		2	–	1	–	0
Indiana		–		6	–	3	–	0
Ohio		–		4	–	2	–	1
Missouri		–		7	–	5	–	0
Beloit		–		2	–	1	–	3
Butler		–		4	–	3	–	0
Iowa State Normal		–		4	–	3	–	0
Notre Dame		–		4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	3	–	1
Wittenberg		–		5	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		2	–	2	–	0
Kansas State		–		1	–	1	–	1
Ohio State		–		5	–	5	–	1
Lake Forest		–		3	–	4	��	1
Mount Union		–		3	–	4	–	1
Wabash		–		3	–	4	–	0
Drake		–		2	–	3	–	0
Chicago P&S		–		2	–	4	–	2
Michigan Agricultural		–		1	–	2	–	1
Indiana State		–		0	–	1	–	0
Buchtel		–		0	–	1	–	0
Washington University		–		0	–	2	–	0
Haskell		–		0	–	4	–	0
Doane		–		0	–	5	–	0