1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1896 record | 4–2–1 (0–2–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | George Huff [1] (2nd year) |
Captain | Charles D. Beebe [2] |
Home stadium |
Illinois Field (Capacity: 17,000) |
1896 Western Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1896 college football season. In their second season under head coach George Huff, the Illini compiled a 4–2–1 record and finished in a tie for last place in the inaugural season of the Western Conference.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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October 3 | Lake Forest* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 38–0 | ||||||
October 10 | Knox* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 70–4 | ||||||
October 17 | vs. Missouri* | Grand Avenue Ball Grounds • St. Louis, MO (Series) | W 10–0 | ||||||
October 21 | Oberlin* | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL | W 22–6 | ||||||
October 31 | at Chicago | Marshall Field • Chicago, IL | L 0–12 | ||||||
November 7 | Northwestern | Illinois Field • Champaign, IL (Series) | L 4–10 | ||||||
November 25 | at Purdue | Stuart Field • West Lafayette, IN (Series) | T 4–4 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. |
Roster
Official Roster | ||||||
Substitutes
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References
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Head Coaches
- ↑ FightingIllini.com Captains
- ↑ "1896 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ FightingIllini.com All-Time Rosters
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