1896 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRay Hume
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre   –   6 – 0 – 1
Texas A&M   –   2 – 0 – 1
Oklahoma   –   2 – 0 – 0
North Carolina A&M   –   1 – 0 – 0
Virginia   –   7 – 2 – 2
VPI   –   5 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Arkansas   –   2 – 1 – 0
Clemson   –   2 – 1 – 0
Columbian   –   2 – 1 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Add-Ran   –   1 – 1 – 1
Centenary   –   1 – 1 – 0
VMI   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Carolina   –   3 – 4 – 1
Furman   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ole Miss   –   1 – 2 – 0
West Virginia   –   3 – 7 – 2
South Carolina   –   1 – 3 – 0
Erskine   –   0 – 1 – 0
William & Mary   –   0 – 2 – 0
Davidson   –   0 – 1 – 0
Delaware   –   0 – 6 – 0

The 1896 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In their second year of football, the Sooners compiled a 2–0 record (both against Norman High School) and cumulatively outscored the Tigers by a combined total of 28 to 4.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 13at Norman High School
W 12–0[2][3]
November 26Norman High School
  • Vacant field west of campus, south of Boyd Street
  • Norman, Oklahoma Territory
W 16–4[4][3]

Roster[edit]

1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
  • Edwin Barrow
  • H. T. Burson
  • Jasper Clapham
  • Harry Ford
  
  • Hugh Haycraft
  • John Hefley
  • Paul Mackey
  • Bill McCutcheon
  
  • Fred Merkle
  • Joe Merkle
  • Columbus Roberts[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Oklahoma". The Norman Transcript. Norman, Oklahoma. November 20, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ a b Hume, C. Ross (November 1936). "Football myths". Sooner Magazine. Vol. 9, no. 2. p. 36–37. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Mention". The Peoples Voice. Norman, Oklahoma. November 20, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "1896 OU Football Roster - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".
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