1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1896 Western Conference 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.[1] Guard Charles D. Beebe was the team captain.[2][3]
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Conference | Western Conference |
1896 record | 4–2–1 (0–2–1 Western) |
Head coach | George Huff (2nd season) |
Captain | Charles D. Beebe |
Home stadium | Illinois Field |
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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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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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October 3 | Lake Forest* |
| W 38–0 |
October 10 | Knox* |
| W 70–4 |
October 17 | vs. Missouri* |
| W 10–0 |
October 21 | Oberlin* |
| W 22–6 |
October 31 | at Chicago |
| L 0–12 |
November 7 | Northwestern |
| L 4–10 |
November 25 | at Purdue |
| T 4–4 |
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Source: SR/College Football[1]
Roster
Substitutes
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Source: University of Illinois[4]
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gollark: The fourth *spatial* dimension, should such a thing exist, wouldn't be, no.
gollark: We can understand it in terms of 4-dimensional vectors or whatever, but that's very abstract, and I think it can be projected down to 2D, though it looks odd.
gollark: Except 2D games.
gollark: I mean, if you prefer, 3D+time, which everything already does.
References
- "1896 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 156. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- "Illinois Football Captains". FightingIllini.com. University of Illinois. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- "1890 Roster". FightingIllini.com. University of Illinois. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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