1896_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team

1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season

The 1896 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was R. G. Acton, who was in his first year at Vanderbilt and went on to coach two more. This was the first meeting of Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

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    "Nashville Gets 'Em Both". The Nashville American. Nashville, Tennessee. October 11, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Football, Vanderbilt badly beaten by "Old Centre" yesterday". The Sunday Leader. October 18, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Vanderbilt vs. Central College; Good game at Nashville, ending in a draw". The Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Missouri And Vanderbilt". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 7, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved August 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Foot ball yesterday; The S.W.P.U. team defeated the Vanderbilt eleven, score 36 to 0". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 12, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Was most disgraceful". The Nashville American. November 15, 1896. Retrieved December 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Vanderbilt Victorious". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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