1896 Texas A&M Aggies football team

1896 Texas A&M Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0–1
Head coach
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 1
  –   2 – 0 – 1
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 2
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 0
Clemson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   1 – 1 – 1
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 4 – 1
Furman   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss   –   1 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   3 – 7 – 2
South Carolina   –   1 – 3 – 0
Erskine   –   0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   0 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   0 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1896 A&M Aggies football team represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas—now known as Texas A&M University—as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by Andrew M. Soule and Horace W. South in their first and only season as co-head coaches, the Aggies compiled a record of 2–0–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 73:30 p.m.Ball High SchoolBryan, TXT 0–0[1]
November 26at AustinSherman, TXW 22–41,000[2]
December 12Houston High SchoolBryan, TXW 28–0[3]

References

  1. ^ "Football game at Bryan; Neither King Wilhelm's Terrors nor the A&M boys could score". Austin Daily Statesman. November 8, 1896. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "A. and M. boys won". Austin Daily Statesman. November 27, 1896. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Twenty-eight to nothing". Houston Daily Post. December 13, 1896. Retrieved March 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

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