1896 Southwestern Presbyterian football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1896
| team = Southwestern Presbyterian
| sport = football
| image = rhodes96.jpg
| image_size = 285
| conference= Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 0–3
| conf_record = 0–2
| head_coach =
| hc_year =
| captain =
| stadium =
| prev_year = none
}}
{{1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1896 Southwestern Presbyterian football team represented Southwestern Presbyterian in the 1896 college football season.{{Cite web |year=1896 |title=Football Team, 1896 |url=https://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/handle/10267/16140 |access-date=26 May 2023 |website=Rhodes College Digital Archives}} It was the school's first team, and played its first game against Vanderbilt.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1896|team=Nashville Garnet and Blue|title=Nashville}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Nashville, TN
| score = 6–28
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-two-football-ga/136903741/|title=Two football games played|newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution|date=October 11, 1896|accessdate=December 16, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = l
| opponent = Nashville Athletic Club
| site_stadium = Baseball Park
| site_cityst = Clarksville, TN
| score = 0–18
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-nacs-defeat-swpu/136903820/|title=N.A.C.'s defeat S.W.P.U. at Clarksville|newspaper=The Nashville American|date=October 29, 1896|accessdate=December 16, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = l
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| site_stadium = Baseball Park
| site_cityst = Clarksville, TN
| score = 0–36
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-foot-ball-yesterday/136903346/|title=Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0|newspaper=The Leaf-Chronicle|date=November 12, 1896|accessdate=December 16, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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