1896 Dartmouth football team American college football season
The 1896 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College as a member of the Triangular Football League (TFL) during the 1896 college football season . Led by second-year head coach William Wurtenburg , Dartmouth compiled an overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 2–0 in TFL play, winning the league title.
The number of games played in 1896 was reduced from the previous season, down to a more normal level of eight. One notable absence from the 1896 schedule was a game against rival Harvard , the only time during Wurtenburg's tenure that the Crimson were not played.[ 1] The 1896 season was also the most successful, winning percentage -wise during Wurtenburg's time as coach; the team finished the year with a .688 win percentage.[ 2] Following an initial win against the Worcester Athletic Association, the squad suffered back-to-back shutout losses to Yale and Penn . The remainder of the season, however, was highly successful for the team, and they went 4–0–1 in their final five games. This included defeating both TFL opponents by a combined score of 42–0 for a fourth consecutive championship, and a tie with the Brown team they had lost to the previous year.[ 3] [ 4]
Walter McCornack was the team's captain. Several members of the team later became college football coaches, including McCornack, Frank Cavanaugh , John B. Eckstorm , David C. MacAndrew , Joseph H. Edwards , Fred Crolius , and Charles J. Boyle .
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References
^ Staff writer (November 13, 1908). "At The Adams House: Harvard-Dartmouth Series". The Dartmouth . XXX (15): 184– 185. OCLC 6311027 .
^ Staff (2014). "Schedule & Results–8 Games" . 1896 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results . College Football at Sports-Reference.com . Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
^ Staff (2013). "Triangular Football League–Conference Championships" . Conference Championships Index . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014 .
^ Staff (2013). "William Wurtenburg coaching record–1896" . William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
^ "Easy Victory Over Wooster" . Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois . October 4, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Quakers Down Dartmouth" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . October 11, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 18, 1896. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dartmouth 28, Bowdoin 10" . The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . October 29, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10" . The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Close Football Game" . The Fall River Daily Herald . Fall River, Massachusetts . November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dartmouth 32, Amherst 0" . The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . November 15, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst's Eleven Too Light" . The Sunday Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois . November 15, 1896. p. 11. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dartmouth Wins" . The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . November 22, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Met on Muddy Gridirons" . The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts . November 27, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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