1896 Southwestern Presbyterian football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1896 Southwestern Presbyterian football rhodes96.jpg 285 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 0–3 0–2 none The 1896 Southwestern Presbyterian football team represented Southwestern Presbyterian in the 1896 college football season.1896 Football Team, 1896 https://dlynx.rhodes.edu/jspui/handle/10267/16140 26 May 2023 Rhodes College Digital Archives It was the school's first team, and played its first game against Vanderbilt. Schedule October 10 l y 1896 Nashville Garnet and Blue Nashville Nashville, TN 6–28 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-two-football-ga/136903741/ Two football games played The Atlanta Constitution October 11, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com October 28 l Nashville Athletic Club Baseball Park Clarksville, TN 0–18 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-nacs-defeat-swpu/136903820/ N.A.C.'s defeat S.W.P.U. at Clarksville The Nashville American October 29, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com November 11 l Vanderbilt Baseball Park Clarksville, TN 0–36 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-foot-ball-yesterday/136903346/ Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0 The Leaf-Chronicle November 12, 1896 December 16, 2023 Newspapers.com References Southwestern Presbyterian Category:Rhodes Lynx football seasons Category:College football winless seasons Southwestern Presbyterian football