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1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
1896 Oklahoma Sooners football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–0
Head coach	None;
Captain	Ray Hume
	Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

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 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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 13	at Norman High School	High school field Norman, Oklahoma Territory	W 12–0	^[2]^[3]
November 26	Norman High School	Vacant field west of campus, south of Boyd Street Norman, Oklahoma Territory	W 16–4	^[4]^[3]

Roster

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

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

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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 .

[Hume-3] 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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