1896 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainHodge
Home stadiumWhittier Field
1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
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

The 1896 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 110 to 76. Jacob K. Shell was the head coach.[1] Hodge was the captain and quarterback.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Villanova
L 0–16[3]
October 17Delaware State
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 44–0[4]
October 21at VillanovaVillanova, PAL 0–10
October 24Rutgers
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 10–16[5]
October 31vs. GettysburgHarrisburg, PAL 4–12[6]
November 7Franklin & Marshall
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 0–10
November 11Pennsylvania Military
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 12–6[7]
November 18Haverford
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
L 6–42[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Swarthmore Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 6, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Football at Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 20, 1896. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Villanova Defeats Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Times. October 1, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Swarthmore, 44; Del. State Col., 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Rutgers Downs Swarthmore: Closely Contested Game, the Score Being 16 to 10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1896. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Swarthmore Defeated: Gettysburg Gets Away With the Quakers, 12 to 4". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 1, 1896. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Swarthmore, 12; P.M.C., 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Haverford the Winner". The Philadelphia Times. November 19, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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