1896 Storrs Aggies football team

The 1896 Storrs Aggies football team represented Storrs Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. This was the first year that the school fielded a football team. The Aggies completed the season with a record of 5–3, against a mix of nearby high school and YMCA teams.^[1][2]

1896 Storrs Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	None
Captain	Beardsley
Home stadium	Athletic Fields
Seasons 1897 →

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	5	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	at Rockville High School	Rockville, CT	W 16–6
October 10	at Norwich Free Academy	Norwich, CT	L 6–22
October 17	Willimantic YMCA	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 16–0	[3]
October 24	Willimantic YMCA	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 6–0	[4]
October 31	Middletown High School	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	L 0–4	[5]
November 7	at Willimantic High School	Willimantic, CT	W 16–8
November 14	Willimantic High School	Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 4–0
November 26	at Middletown High School	Pameacha grounds Middletown, CT	L 0–16	[6]

Roster

Storrs 1896 roster
	Guards Clark Savage Tackles Minor W. N. Hawley		Center Parker Ends C. B. Hawley Pentecost		Backs Edwin S. Mansfield Beardsley (C) Ontrop Webb

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