1896 Swarthmore Quakers football team

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1896 Swarthmore Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–6
Head coach	Jacob K. Shell (9th season)
Captain	Hodge
Home stadium	Whittier Field
Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Villanova	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–16	^[3]
October 17	Delaware State	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 44–0	^[4]
October 21	at Villanova	Villanova, PA	L 0–10
October 24	Rutgers	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 10–16	^[5]
October 31	vs. Gettysburg	Harrisburg, PA	L 4–12	^[6]
November 7	Franklin & Marshall	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–10
November 11	Pennsylvania Military	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	W 12–6	^[7]
November 18	Haverford	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)	L 6–42	^[8]

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

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Venues	Clothier Field Stadium (1878–2000)
Bowls & rivalries	Haverford
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1878 1879 1880–1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

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