1896 Ole Miss Rebels football team

American college football season

1896 Ole Miss Rebels football

Conference| Independent
Record| 1–2
Head coach|

* John W. Hollister (1st season)

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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 1896 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi as an independent during the 1896 college football season. Led by John W. Hollister in his first and only season as head coach, Ole Miss compiled a record of 1–2.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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| St. Thomas Hall| Oxford, MS| W 20–0|
November 13| vs. LSU| Vicksburg, MS (rivalry)| L 4–12|
November 26| at Tulane|

* Tulane Athletic Field
* New Orleans, LA (rivalry)

| L 0–10| [2]

## References

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1. ^ "- Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site Ole Miss Rebels Official Athletic Site - Football". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
2. ^ "Mississippi defeated; Tulane wins by a score of 10 to 0". The Times-Democrat. November 27, 1896. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Ole Miss Rebels football

Venues|

* Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (1915–present)
* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (alternate, 1953–1996)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama
* Arkansas
* Auburn
* LSU: Magnolia Bowl
* Memphis
* Mississippi State: Egg Bowl
* Tennessee
* Tulane
* Vanderbilt

Culture & lore|

* History
* Billy Cannon's Halloween run
* Colonel Reb
* Rebel Black Bear
* Tony the Landshark
* "Forward Rebels"
* The Pride of the South
* The Grove
* The Blind Side

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* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
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