1896 Maryland Aggies football team

American college football season

1896 Maryland Aggies football

Conference| Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
Record| 6–2–2 (1–0–1 MIFA)
Head coach|

* Grenville Lewis (1st season)

Captain| Grenville Lewis

Seasons

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1897 ->

1896 Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association standings

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Maryland |  | - |  | - |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 2

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The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Grenville Lewis and finished with a 6–2–2 record.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result

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October 10| Eastern High School*| College Park, MD| L 0–6
October 17| Gallaudet| College Park, MD| T 0–0
October 17| Washington Business High School*| College Park, MD| W 34–0
October 29| Washington Central High School*| College Park, MD| W 10–6
November 4| Alexandria High School*| College Park, MD| W 18–0
November 7| Episcopal High School*| College Park, MD| L 0–6
November 10| at Bethel Military Academy*| Warrenton, VA| W 20–10
November 14| at Western Maryland| Westminster, MD| W 16–6
November 17| Central High School*| College Park, MD| W 14–0
November 21| at University of Maryland, Baltimore*|

* Maryland Oval
* Baltimore, MD

| T 0–0

* *Non-conference game

## Personnel

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The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:[2]

* Charlie Gibbons, end
* John Lillibridge, end
* F. H. Peters, end
* Albert Talty, end
* Fred Bell, tackle
* Bill Gardner, tackle
* Reeder Gough, tackle
* Harry Heward, tackle
* Bert Nelligan, tackle
* Charles Calvert, guard
* Wade Hinebaugh, guard
* Herbert Owen, guard
* Charles Queen, guard
* Charles Ridgely, guard
* Butch Carver, center
* Franklin Sherman, center
* Pete Duffy, quarterback
* Frank Kenly, quarterback
* Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
* Charles Cabrera, halfback
* Bill Gorsuch, halfback
* Bert Nelligan, halfback
* Ben Watkins, halfback
* Grenville Lewis, fullback, captain-coach

Manager:

* Albert Gill

## References

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1. ^ All-Time Coaching Record Archived 2011-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 25, 2010.
2. ^ Morris Allison Bealle, Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890-1952, p. 23, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952.

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Maryland Terrapins football

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* Maryland Agricultural College Field
* Old Byrd Stadium (1923–1947, 1949)
* Griffith Stadium (1948)
* SECU Stadium (1950–present)

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* Bowl games
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* Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy

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