1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1896 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	4–0 (0–0 SIAA)
Head coach	None
Captain	Strang Nicklin
Home stadium	Baldwin Park

1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
LSU +	3	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	0
Georgia +	2	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Vanderbilt	2	–	0	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Auburn	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	1	–	0
Texas	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Alabama	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Kentucky State College	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	0	–	0			4	–	0	–	0
Tulane	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	2	–	0
Nashville	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	1	–	1
Mercer	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	2	–	1
Central (KY)	0	–	2	–	1			0	–	3	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	4	–	0
SW Presbyterian	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Cumberland (TN)			–							–
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1896 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1896 college football season. It was the first official Tennessee Volunteers football team since 1893. The 1896 Vols went undefeated at 4–0 for the first winning season in school history. This was also the Tennessee's first season in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), though they did not play a conference opponent.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 22	Williamsburg (KY)*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 10–0	[1]
October 24	at Chattanooga Athletic Club*	Chattanooga, TN	W 4–0	[2]
November 14	VPI*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 6–4	[3]
November 26	Central (KY)*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 30–0	[4]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "The University scored a victory". The Knoxville Sentinel. October 23, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Chattanooga wins spirited football game at the park yesterday". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Blacksburg defeated". The Richmond Dispatch. Library of Virginia. November 15, 1896. p. 13. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
4. "Bad defeat for Central University". The Courier-Journal. November 27, 1896. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.