1896 Football Team

Overall Record: 9-1 Conference Record: 2-1
Conference Finish: 2nd place tie
Coach: William Ward
Captain: Henry M. Senter
Trainer: James Robinson
Assistant coach: William McCauley
Manager: Ward W. Hughes, Charles O. Cook

OpponentDateSiteResult Attend.
Michigan Normal 10/03 H W 18-0 -
Grand Rapids H.S. 10/10 H W 44-0 -
P. & S. [Chicago]* 10/15 H W 28-0 -
Rush Lake Forest 10/17 H W 66-0 -
Purdue 10/24 A W 16-0 -
Lehigh 10/31 1 W 40-0 -
Minnesota 11/07 A W 6-4 -
Oberlin 11/14 H W 10-0 -
Wittenberg 11/21 H W 28-0 -
Chicago 11/26 2 L 6-7 8,000
Total Points262-11

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* - Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois 1 - D.A.C. Park, Detroit, Michigan
2 - Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois

Starting Lineups                  
PositionPlayer
ends Henry Senter
George Greenleaf
Thad Farnham
Loomis Hutchinson
tackles Giovanni Villa
Fred Henniger
guards Bert Carr
John Bennett
Fred Baker
center John Wombacher
quarterbacks Tom Drumheller
J. DeForest Richards
Howard Felver
fullbacks James Hogg
Ignatius Duffy
halfbacks Gustave Ferbert
Hazen S. Pingree
William Caley

View full 1896 roster (from all-time roster database, includes non-lettermen and freshmen)


1896 Team Photo
1896 team photo
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Back Row
student mngr. Hughes, James Hogg, Giovanni Villa, William Caley, John Bennett, J. DeForest Richards, John Wombacher, Tom Drumheller, George Greenleaf
Front Row
Howard Felver, William Baker, Thad Farnham, Frederick Henninger, ?, ?, coach William Ward(?), ?

1896 Team Photo
1896 team photo
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