1896 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1896 Ole Miss Rebels football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–2
Head coach	John W. Hollister (1st season)

1896 Southern college football independents records

v t e	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 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
	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

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.