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1896 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1896 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In their second year of football, the Sooners compiled a 2–0 record (both against Norman High School) and cumulatively outscored the Tigers by a combined total of 28 to 4.[1]

1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRay Hume
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 13at Norman High School
W 12–0[2][3]
November 26Norman High School
  • Vacant field west of campus, south of Boyd Street
  • Norman, Oklahoma Territory
W 16–4[4][3]

Roster

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1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
  • Edwin Barrow
  • H. T. Burson
  • Jasper Clapham
  • Harry Ford
  
  • Hugh Haycraft
  • John Hefley
  • Paul Mackey
  • Bill McCutcheon
  
  • Fred Merkle
  • Joe Merkle
  • Columbus Roberts[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Oklahoma Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Oklahoma". The Norman Transcript. Norman, Oklahoma. November 20, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ a b Hume, C. Ross (November 1936). "Football myths". Sooner Magazine. Vol. 9, no. 2. pp. 36–37. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Local Mention". The Peoples Voice. Norman, Oklahoma. November 20, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved January 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "1896 OU Football Roster - SoonerStats - Historical scores, records, and stats for Oklahoma Sooners football, basketball, baseball, and softball".


  

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