1896 Maryland Aggies football team
American college football season
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The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Grenville Lewis and finished with a 6â2â2 record.[1]
| 1896 Maryland Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association |
| Record | 6â2â2 (1â0â1 MIFA) |
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| Captain | Grenville Lewis |
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| Maryland | â | â | 6 | â | 2 | â | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| October 10 | Eastern High School* | College Park, MD | L 0â6 |
| October 17 | Gallaudet | College Park, MD | T 0â0 |
| October 17 | Washington Business High School* | College Park, MD | W 34â0 |
| October 29 | Washington Central High School* | College Park, MD | W 10â6 |
| November 4 | Alexandria High School* | College Park, MD | W 18â0 |
| November 7 | Episcopal High School* | College Park, MD | L 0â6 |
| November 10 | at Bethel Military Academy* | Warrenton, VA | W 20â10 |
| November 14 | at Western Maryland | Westminster, MD | W 16â6 |
| November 17 | Central High School* | College Park, MD | W 14â0 |
| November 21 | at University of Maryland, Baltimore* |
| T 0â0 |
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Personnel
The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:[2]
- Charlie Gibbons, end
- John Lillibridge, end
- F. H. Peters, end
- Albert Talty, end
- Fred Bell, tackle
- Bill Gardner, tackle
- Reeder Gough, tackle
- Harry Heward, tackle
- Bert Nelligan, tackle
- Charles Calvert, guard
- Wade Hinebaugh, guard
- Herbert Owen, guard
- Charles Queen, guard
- Charles Ridgely, guard
- Butch Carver, center
- Franklin Sherman, center
- Pete Duffy, quarterback
- Frank Kenly, quarterback
- Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
- Charles Cabrera, halfback
- Bill Gorsuch, halfback
- Bert Nelligan, halfback
- Ben Watkins, halfback
- Grenville Lewis, fullback, captain-coach
Manager:
- Albert Gill