1896 Maryland Aggies football team

The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Grenville Lewis and finished with a 6–2–2 record.[1]

1896 Maryland Aggies football
ConferenceMaryland Intercollegiate Football Association
Record6–2–2 (1–0–1 MIFA)
Head coach
CaptainGrenville Lewis
Seasons
← 1894
1897 →
1896 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland       6 2 2
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResult
October 10Eastern High School*College Park, MDL 0–6
October 17GallaudetCollege Park, MDT 0–0
October 17Washington Business High School*College Park, MDW 34–0
October 29Washington Central High School*College Park, MDW 10–6
November 4Alexandria High School*College Park, MDW 18–0
November 7Episcopal High School*College Park, MDL 0–6
November 10at Bethel Military Academy*Warrenton, VAW 20–10
November 14at Western MarylandWestminster, MDW 16–6
November 17Central High School*College Park, MDW 14–0
November 21at University of Maryland, Baltimore*T 0–0
  • *Non-conference game

Personnel

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The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:[2]

  • Charlie Gibbons, end
  • John Lillibridge, end
  • F. H. Peters, end
  • Albert Talty, end
  • Fred Bell, tackle
  • Bill Gardner, tackle
  • Reeder Gough, tackle
  • Harry Heward, tackle
  • Bert Nelligan, tackle
  • Charles Calvert, guard
  • Wade Hinebaugh, guard
  • Herbert Owen, guard
  • Charles Queen, guard
  • Charles Ridgely, guard
  • Butch Carver, center
  • Franklin Sherman, center
  • Pete Duffy, quarterback
  • Frank Kenly, quarterback
  • Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
  • Charles Cabrera, halfback
  • Bill Gorsuch, halfback
  • Bert Nelligan, halfback
  • Ben Watkins, halfback
  • Grenville Lewis, fullback, captain-coach

Manager:

  • Albert Gill

References

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  1. ^ All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
  2. ^ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952, p. 23, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.