1896 Dartmouth football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1896 Dartmouth football 1896 Dartmouth football team.jpg 285 Triangular Football League TFL 5–2–1 2–0 William Wurtenburg 2nd Walter McCornack TFL champion 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.Staff writer November 13, 1908 At The Adams House: Harvard-Dartmouth Series The Dartmouth 184–185 XXX 15 6311027 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.Staff 2014 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/dartmouth/1896-schedule.html Schedule & Results8 Games 1896 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results College Football at Sports-Reference.com December 4, 2014 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.TFL Staff 2013 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=525 Triangular Football LeagueConference Championships Conference Championships Index College Football Data Warehouse April 22, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715170823/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=525 July 15, 2014 dead Staff 2013 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1896 William Wurtenburg coaching record1896 William C. "Bill" Wurtenburg Records by Year College Football Data Warehouse December 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140424193155/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2585&year=1896 April 24, 2014 dead 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. Schedule October 3 w y y Worcester Athletic Association Worcester, MA 30–0 Easy Victory Over Wooster https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98182556/chicago-tribune/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois October 4, 1896 10 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 10 3:37 p.m. l y y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA 0–16 4,000 The Quakers Down Dartmouth https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98182692/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 11, 1896 10 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 17 l y y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT 0–42 Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 18, 1896 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354804/yale_beats_dartmouth_easily/ Newspapers.com October 28 w y 1896 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Hanover, NH 28–10 500 Dartmouth 28, Bowdoin 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183003/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 29, 1896 5 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 3 t y y Brown Adelaide Park Providence, RI 10–10 1,000 Brown 10, Dartmouth 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97314265/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 4, 1896 3 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com Close Football Game https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97314348/the-fall-river-daily-herald/ The Fall River Daily Herald Fall River, Massachusetts November 4, 1896 6 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com November 14 w y Amherst Pratt Field Amherst, MA 32–0 Dartmouth 32, Amherst 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183333/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 15, 1896 4 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com Amherst's Eleven Too Light https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183202/the-inter-ocean/ The Sunday Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois November 15, 1896 11 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 21 3:00 p.m. w Williams Hanover, NH 10–0 800 Dartmouth Wins https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183501/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 22, 1896 7 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 26 w y y Newton Athletic Association N. A. A. grounds Newton, MA 12–6 2,500 Met on Muddy Gridirons https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98183643/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 27, 1896 8 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com References Dartmouth Category:Dartmouth Big Green football seasons Category:Triangular Football League champion seasons Dartmouth football