1896 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1896 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	5–3–2
Head coach	George O. Redington (2nd season)
Captain	Robert Adams
Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Fordham		–		1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette		–		11	–	0	–	1
Princeton		–		10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		8	–	0	–	1
Penn		–		14	–	1	–	0
Yale		–		13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College		–		11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo		–		8	–	1	–	2
Villanova		–		10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		5	–	2	–	1
Harvard		–		7	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		5	–	3	–	0
Storrs		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	0
Army		–		3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers		–		6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle		–		5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	2	–	2
Brown		–		4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall		–		3	–	4	–	2
Geneva		–		3	–	4	–	0
Penn State		–		3	–	4	–	0
Colgate		–		3	–	4	–	1
Amherst		–		3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.		–		3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		2	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore		–		2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire		–		1	–	4	–	0
Drexel		–		1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts		–		0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island		–		0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1896 college football season. The head coach was George O. Redington, coaching his second season with the Orangemen. The team finished the season with a final record of 5–3–2.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	Syracuse High School	Syracuse, NY	W 24–0
October 3	at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	L 0–22
October 10	Elmira Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 20–6
October 17	Williams	Syracuse, NY	L 6–24
October 24	at Colgate	Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 0–6
October 27	Rochester	Syracuse, NY	W 62–4
October 31	Syracuse Athletic Association	Syracuse, NY	W 26–0
November 7	at Buffalo	Buffalo Baseball Park Buffalo, NY	T 6–6	^[1]
November 14	St. John's Military Academy	Syracuse, NY	W 40–0
November 26	at Clyde Athletic Association		T 10–10

^[2]

References[]

^ "Played a Tie Game! U. of B. and Syracuse Struggle Vainly for Supremacy in a Drizzling Rain". Buffalo Evening News. November 9, 1896 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2016 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

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