1896 Arkansas Industrial Cardinals football team

The 1896 Arkansas Industrial Cardinals football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1896 college football season. During the 1896 season, Arkansas again played two games against Fort Smith High School. Arkansas won both games by scores of 10–0 and 6–2. On October 24, 1896, Arkansas played the second intercollegiate football game in program history, facing the team from Drury College in Springfield, Missouri. Drury defeated Arkansas by a 34–0 score.

1896 Arkansas Industrial Cardinals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–1
Head coach
CaptainHerbert Fishback
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 roster of the 1896 football team included the following players: H. Y. Fishback (captain); L. R. Putnam; Frank James; T. O. Potts; R. P. Rutherford; V. V. Allen; E. Carter; J. W. Pollard; A. J. McDaniel; L. G. Crowley; J. Mitchell; G. W. Gunnel; F. Horsfall; L. F. Owens; and T. A. Edwards. John C. Futrall was the team's "manager", and B. N. Wilson was the "trainer".[1]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Fort Smith High SchoolFayetteville, ARW 10–0
October 10at Fort Smith High SchoolFort Smith, ARW 6–2
November 263:00 p.m.at Drury
L 0–34[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Cardinal" (Arkansas Industrial yearbook), 1897.
  2. ^ "Drury A Winner". The Springfield Republican. Springfield, Missouri. November 27, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved February 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com  .