1896 Dickinson football team

1896 Dickinson football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Nathan Stauffer (1st season)

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1896 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 130 to 90. Nathan Stauffer was the team's head coach.[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	vs. Carlisle	Carlisle, PA	L 6–28
October 3	Ursinus	Carlisle, PA	W 40–0
October 10	at Penn State	Beaver Field State College, PA	L 0–8
October 17	Susquehanna	Carlisle, PA	W 40–0
October 31	at Lafayette	March Field Easton, PA	L 0–18
November 3	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 2–30
November 7	Haverford	Carlisle, PA	W 32–0
November 21	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	L 0–6
November 26	vs. York YMCA	Philadelphia, PA	W 10–0

References

1. "1896 Dickinson Red Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 14, 2021.