1896 Rhode Island football team

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The 1896 Rhode Island football team represented Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, now known as the University of Rhode Island, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team had no coach. The team compiled an overall record of 0–4 and were outscored by a total of 36 to 6. It was the team's second season of intercollegiate football.

ConferenceIndependent
Record0–4
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainWilliam C. Clarke
Quick facts Rhode Island football, Conference ...
1896 Rhode Island football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam C. Clarke
Seasons
← 1895
1897 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham â€“ 1–0–0
Lafayette â€“ 11–0–1
Princeton â€“ 10–0–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–0–1
Penn â€“ 14–1–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 11–2–0
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–2
Villanova â€“ 10–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 7–4–0
Boston College â€“ 5–3–0
Storrs â€“ 5–3–0
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–2
Temple â€“ 3–2–0
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Rutgers â€“ 6–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 5–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–2–2
Brown â€“ 4–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 4–5–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–5–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–4–2
Geneva â€“ 3–4–0
Penn State â€“ 3–4–0
Colgate â€“ 3–4–1
Amherst â€“ 3–6–1
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 3–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–5–0
Tufts â€“ 2–6–1
Swarthmore â€“ 2–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 1–4–0
Drexel â€“ 1–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 0–4–0
Rhode Island â€“ 0–4–0
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 11Friends SchoolKingston, RIL 0–8
October 18Camp Street AthleticsKingston, RIL 0–8
October 25Providence High SchoolKingston, RIL 0–2[1]
November 15at Friends SchoolL 6–18
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[2]

Roster

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Rhode Island 1896 roster

Guards

  • William F. Harley
  • James R. Emmett

Tackles

  • Welcome Carmichael
  • Harry Page Wilson
Center
  • Irving Thomas

Ends

  • Benjamin Carpenter
  • Harold W. Case
Backs
  • Edmund D. Cullen
  • William C. P. Merrill
  • Robert S. Doughty
  • William C. Clarke (C)
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Reserves were A. Pearson Jr. and Clarence E. Nash.[3]

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