1896 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceWestern Conference
Record8–2 (1–2 Western)
Head coach
CaptainJack Harrison
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1896 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1896 Western Conference football season. The 1896 season was the first season under head coach Alexander Jerrems and was the first season of competition in the Big Ten Conference, or Western Conference as it was commonly referred to at the time. Minnesota won its first ever conference game over Purdue but lost its other two matches to Michigan and Wisconsin.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at South High School*Minneapolis, MNW 34–0
September 26Minneapolis Central High School*Minneapolis, MNW 50–0
October 3Carleton*Minneapolis, MNW 16–6
October 10Grinnell*Minneapolis, MNW 12–0
October 17PurdueMinneapolis, MNW 14–03,500[1]
October 24Iowa Agricultural*Minneapolis, MNW 18–6
October 31Ex-Collegiates*Minneapolis, MNW 8–0
November 7Michigan
L 4–65,000[2]
November 21at WisconsinMadison, WI (rivalry)L 0–6
November 282:30 p.m.vs. Kansas*
W 12–0[3][4]

Roster

References

  1. ^ "Purdue Goes Down". The Saint Paul Globe. October 18, 1896. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Gave Them a Great Battle". The Minneapolis Tribune. November 8, 1896. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Kansas Versus Minnesota". Kansas City Journal. Kansas City, Missouri. November 28, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Victory For Minnesota". Kansas City Journal. Kansas City, Missouri. November 29, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell (ed.). The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.
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