1896 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1896 Wisconsin Badgers football
Western Conference champion
Conference	Western Conference
1896 record	7–1–1 (2–0–1 Western)
Head coach	Philip King (1st year)
Home stadium	Randall Field

1896 Western Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wisconsin $	2	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Michigan	2	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	2
Chicago	3	–	2	–	0			15	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Illinois	0	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Purdue	0	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
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The 1896 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1896 college football season. 1896 was the first season in which the Badgers participated in the newly created Western Conference. The 1896 squad was the conference's first football champion.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
October 10		Lake Forest*	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 34–0
October 14		Madison High School*	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 18–0
October 17		Rush Medical*	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 50–0
October 24		Grinnell*	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 54–6
October 31		at Beloit*	Beloit, WI	W 6–0
November 7		Chicago	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 24–0
November 21		Minnesota	Randall Field • Madison, WI	W 6–0
November 26	11:00 AM [1]	at Northwestern	Evanston, IL	T 6–6
December 19	8:00pm [2]	vs. Carlisle*	Chicago Coliseum • Chicago, IL	L 8–18
*Non-conference game. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B5hQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4746%2C4793031,
2. http://www.jsonline.com/historicarchive/search/?searchBy=date&searchText=&dat=18961219&fromDate=12%2F19%2F1896&nid=jvrRlaHg2sAC&s.x=-1076&s.y=-231
3. "Wisconsin Badgers Index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-06-25.