1896 Carlisle Indians football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1896 Carlisle Indians football Independent 5–5 Bill Hickok 1st Bemus Pierce The 1896 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by Bill Hickok in his first and only season as head coach, the team compiled a record of 5–5 and outscored opponents 164 to 102. Carlisle played games against college football's "Big Four" (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Penn) and nearly defeated Yale. The New York Times reported on a run by Isaac Seneca that nearly won the game against Yale:"Seneca was given the ball to go through the centre. He got through with one or two Yale men hanging on to him. Then he squirmed and shook off the Yale men, dodged a man or two, and, making a splendid run down the field, made what was thought to be a touchdown. Nearly all on the grounds shouted themselves hoarse. Men waved their hats in the air, pretty gals clapped their hands ..."Yale Had a Close Call The New York Times October 25, 1896 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355057/yale-had-a-close-call-defeats-carlisle/ Newspapers.comHowever, the referee waved off the touchdown, ruling that Seneca was "down" when the Yale players hung on to him. The New York Times wrote the next day that the referee had made the wrong call and that Carlisle had been robbed of a touchdown, but the game went into the record books as a 12–6 win for Yale. Schedule September 26 3:00 p.m. w y Dickinson Athletic field Carlisle, PA 28–6 [untitled] https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sentinel/163278142/ The Evening Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania September 25, 1896 2 January 17, 2025 Newspapers.com 28–6.—The Indians Defeat Dickinson for the First Time and by Big Score https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sentinel/163277825/ The Evening Sentinel Carlisle, Pennsylvania September 28, 1896 3 January 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 3 w y Duquesne Country and Athletic Club Exposition Park Allegheny, PA 18–0 2,000 The Pittsburg Post October 4, 1896 6 Scalped by the Redskins https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115949564/ Newspapers.com October 14 l y Princeton Osborne Field Princeton, NJ 6–22 Princeton, 22; Carlisle, 6 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 15, 1896 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98348158/princeton-22-carlisle-6/ Newspapers.com October 24 l y Yale Manattan Field New York, NY 6–12 5,000 October 31 3:00 p.m. l y Harvard Soldiers' Field Boston, MA 0–4 12,000 Indians Today.—Harvard to Meet Them on Soldiers Field https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200412378/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 31, 1896 12 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Red Men Lose.—Harvard's Single Touchdown Was Enough https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200412256/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 1, 1896 1–2 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com November 7 l y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–21 November 14 w y Cincinnati League Park Cincinnati, OH 5,000 28–0 Indians Are Winners https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76567730/the-chicago-chronicle/ The Chicago Chronicle Chicago, Illinois November 15, 1896 10 April 27, 2021 Newspapers.com On The Gridiron https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76567712/the-times-recorder/ Times Recorder Zanesville, Ohio November 15, 1896 1 April 27, 2021 Newspapers.com November 21 w y Penn State Sixth Street gridiron Harrisburg, PA 48–5 2,000 Carlisle 48, State 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76567932/the-pittsburgh-press/ The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 22, 1896 6 April 27, 2021 Newspapers.com State College Scalped https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76567923/the-philadelphia-times/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 22, 1896 9 April 27, 2021 Newspapers.com November 26 l y Brown Manhattan Field New York, NY 12–24 15,000–18,000 Football https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76568103/the-champaign-county-news/ The Champaign County News Champaign, Illinois November 28, 1896 5 April 27, 2021 Newspapers.com Beat The Indians https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97314859/buffalo-evening-news/ Buffalo Evening News Buffalo, New York November 27, 1896 29 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com Brown 24, Carlisle 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97314947/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 22, 1896 5 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com December 19 8:00 p.m. w y Wisconsin Chicago Coliseum Chicago, IL 18–8 16,000 Won By The Red Men: Wisconsin 'Varsity Loses to the Carlisle School Chicago Inter Ocean December 20, 1896 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8036264/won_by_the_red_men_wisconsin_varsity/ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/carlisle/1896-schedule.html 1896 Carlisle Indian Schedule and Results References Carlisle Category:Carlisle Indians football seasons Carlisle Indians football