American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Source November 13 at Norman High School 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]
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 [ edit ] ^ "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. p. 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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