The 1896 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team that represented the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...
during the
1896 Western Conference football season
The 1896 Western Conference football season was the first season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1896 college football season.
In Septembe ...
. In their second season under head coach
George Huff, the Illini compiled a 4–2–1 record and finished in a tie for last place in the inaugural season of the
Western Conference.
Guard Charles D. Beebe was the team captain.
Schedule
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Roster
Source: University of Illinois
References
Illinois
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Illinois Fighting Illini football seasons
Illinois Fighting Illini football
The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. The Fighting Illini are a founding member of ...
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