1896 Army Cadets football team

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The 1896 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1896 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach George P. Dyer, the Cadets compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 93 to 45. The Army–Navy Game was not played in 1896.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Headcoach
CaptainWilliam Connor
Quick facts Army Cadets football, Conference ...
1896 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Connor
Home stadiumThe Plain
Seasons
 1895
1897 
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1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham  100
Lafayette  1101
Princeton  1001
Washington & Jefferson  801
Penn  1410
Yale  1310
Pittsburgh College  1120
Buffalo  912
Villanova  1040
Bucknell  521
Harvard  740
Boston College  530
Storrs  530
Cornell  531
Syracuse  532
Temple  320
Army  321
Rutgers  660
Carlisle  550
Holy Cross  222
Brown  451
Wesleyan  451
Dickinson  450
Franklin & Marshall  342
Geneva  340
Penn State  340
Colgate  341
Amherst  361
Western Univ. Penn.  360
Lehigh  250
Tufts  261
Swarthmore  260
New Hampshire  140
Drexel  150
Massachusetts  040
Rhode Island  040
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No Army Cadets were honored on the 1896 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3TuftsW 27–0
October 173:20 p.m.Princeton
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 0–115,000[2]
October 24Union (NY)
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 44–0
October 31Yale
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
L 2–16
November 7Wesleyan
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
T 12–12
November 21Brown
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 8–6500[3][4]
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