1896 Dickinson Red and White football team

1896 Dickinson Red and White football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
1896 Eastern college football independents records
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   –   9 – 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
  –   4 – 5 – 0
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 Dickinson Red and White football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 90. Nathan Stauffer was the team's head coach.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 263:00 p.m.vs. Carlisle
L 6–28[2][3]
October 3UrsinusCarlisle, PAW 40–0[4]
October 10at Penn State
L 0–8[5]
October 17SusquehannaCarlisle, PAW 40–0[6]
October 31at Lafayette
L 0–18[7]
November 3at PennL 2–303,000[8]
November 7HaverfordCarlisle, PAW 32–0[9]
November 212:55 p.m.vs. BucknellSunbury, PAL 0–6350–1,000[10][11]
November 262:10 p.m.at York YMCA
  • Association Field / Small's Meadow
  • York, PA
W 10–0600–1,200[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "1896 Dickinson Red Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "[untitled]". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. September 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "28–6.—The Indians Defeat Dickinson for the First Time and by Big Score". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Dicksinson 40–Ursinius 0". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. October 5, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Saturday's Game.—With State College Was a Decided Surprise". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. October 12, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "It Was Easy.—And Dickinson Piled up 40 Points Against Susquehanna". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. October 12, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Runs 18 On Dickinson's Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Old Penn Play Very Weak Football". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "It Was 32 To "Nit"". The Evening Sentinel. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Bucknell Defeats Dickinson". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "The Great Game.—The Match of Foot Ball Between Bucknell and Dickinson". The Evening Item. Sunbury, Pennsylvania. November 23, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Football's Big Day—Dickinson Closes York's Season With Defeat". The Gazette. York, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Twas A Good Game.—Dickinson Only Made it 10 to 0 – A Game at Small's Meadow". York Daily. York, Pennsylvania. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.