1896 Maryland Aggies football
ConferenceMaryland Intercollegiate Football Association
Record6–2–2 (1–0–1 MIFA)
Head coach
CaptainGrenville Lewis
1896 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryland      6 2 2
  • $ Conference champion

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]

Schedule

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

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

  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, 18901952, p. 23, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.
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