1896 Texas Longhorns football team

1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions;

1896 Texas Longhorns football
1896 Texas Longhorns football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1896 record	4–2–1 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Harry Orman Robinson (1st season);
Captain	Julius House, James S. Jones
Home stadium	Varsity Athletic Field
	Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 17	3:40 p.m.	Galveston*	Varsity Athletic Field Austin, TX	W 42–0	800	^[1]
October 24		at Dallas*	Dallas, TX	T 0–0
November 7	3:35 p.m.	San Antonio*	Varsity Athletic Field Austin, TX	W 12–4		^[2]
November 14	3:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Tulane campus New Orleans, LA	W 12–4	800	^[3]^[4]^[5]
November 16		at LSU	State Field Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–14		^[6]
November 26		Dallas*	Varsity Athletic Field Austin, TX	W 22–4	2,000	^[7]
December 14	3:45 p.m.	Missouri*	Varsity Athletic Field Austin, TX	L 0–10		^[8]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

^ "The 'Varsity Team Won". Austin Daily Stateman. Austin, Texas. October 18, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yesterday's Ball Game". Austin Daily Stateman. Austin, Texas. November 8, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football". The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 14, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "That Texas Team Wins Once More". The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 15, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "That Texas Team Wins Once More (continued)". The Daily Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 15, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football". Times-Picayune. November 17, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved May 12, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'Varsity, 'Varsity, U. T. A." Austin Daily Stateman. Austin, Texas. November 27, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "'Varsity Boys Defeated". Austin Daily Stateman. Austin, Texas. December 15, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Culture & lore	History Brown years Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" Hex Rally 1969 "Game of the Century" Longhorn Band The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2007 player suspensions 2008 Texas Tech game 2008 Big 12 South 3-way tie controversy 1 Second Left My All American
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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National championship seasons in bold

1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0	6	–	0	–	0
Georgia +	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	0	–	2	3	–	2	–	2
Auburn	3	–	1	–	0	3	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech	1	–	1	–	1	1	–	1	–	1
Texas	1	–	1	–	0	4	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	0	2	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
SW Presbyterian	0	–	1	–	0	0	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	1	–	1	0	–	1	–	1
Mercer	0	–	2	–	1	0	–	2	–	1
Central (KY)	0	–	2	–	1	0	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	4	–	0
Cumberland (TN)			–					–

+ – Conference co-champions