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Claimed National Champions
Lafayette (11-0-1) National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis
Princeton (10-0-1) Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Billingsley Report, Houlgate System, Parke H. Davis
Bold indicates main national championship selector recognized by NCAA Championship List
- Utah is admitted as the 45th state
- An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays)
- The first speeding ticket is given for going 8MPH in a 2MPH zone in Kent, England
- The first known auto related death happens in Crystal Palace, London
- California and Stanford play the first known women’s basketball game
- The first modern olympics are held in Athens, Greece
- Plessy v. Ferguson decision upholds the infamous “separate but equal” doctrine
- Queen Victoria becomes the the longest-reigning monarch in British history
- William McKinely wins the presidential election
- George Burns, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Georgi Zhukov, Jimmy Doolittle, and Homer Norton are born
- Harriet Beecher Stow and Alfred Nobel die
- The Ball: Prolate speheroid, without specific measurements.
- The field is 110 yds. by 53 1/3 yds., uprights 18 1/2’ apart and 10’ high, with lines marked every five yards.
- When a team has possession of the ball, it must gain five yards within three downs, to gain a new set of downs
- There are three different ways to score. A field goal is worth 5 points, A touchdown is worth 4 points, the kick after a TD is worth 2 points, and a safety is worth 2 Points.
- Each team consists of 11 players on the field.
- *The game’s regulation is separated into two halves, both 35 minutes. If the game is tied at the end of regulation, the next scored point wins the game.
Italics denote rule change from previous season.
\Overtime rules are for simulation only and do not reflect overtime rules of the time.)
The Teams
Teams are listed by their seeding in the bracket.
- Princeton (10-0-1)
- Lafayette (11-0-1)
- Penn (14-1)
- Yale (13-1)
- Harvard (7-4)
- Darmouth (6-2-1)
- Army (3-2-1)
- Wisconsin (7-1-1)
- Michigan (9-1)
- Carlisle Indian (5-5)
- Cornell (5-3-1)
- Navy (5-3)
- Minnesota (8-2)
- Chicago (14-2-1)
- Northwestern (6-1-2)
- Illinois (4-2-1)
- Williams (6-4-1)
- Purdue (4-2-1)
- Iowa (5-1)
- Trinity CT (5-3-1)
- Bucknell (5-2-1)
- Kansas (2-2)
- Bowdoin (6-4-2)
- Georgia (4-0)
First Four Out
\Record may not reflect official record of the year)
Bold indicates conference auto-bid
Season Breakdown and 1896 All-Americans
This year is interesting in a few ways. First, it is the first time since 1869, that a school outside of the modern Ivy League claims a championship. With Lafayette going 11-0-1, and being given the title by two selectors, the National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis, both of which split their championships with Princeton. Both of these teams lone tie was actually between each other as well. But Parke H. Davis loves this Lafayette team. In the book that Davis wrote, he doesn’t say much about the 1896 season overall, but he mentions one game from this year in his chapter titled “Eight Famous Games.” He describes the game between Lafayette and Penn as this.
Lafayette on the defensive, with the score 4 to o in favor of Pennsylvania and only six minutes to play, blocks the latter’s kick. In two plays [Lafayette’s] Barclay carries the ball 35 yards for a touchdown, from which he kicks a goal, winning the game 6 to 4.
Either way, he speaks highly of this 1896 Lafayette team. I wonder who the coach of this team is… Oh… It’s Parke H. Davis… Well that makes sense. Well let’s see if they survive this years playoffs.
We also have our first appearance with a team we’ll be seeing for the next few years, but does not exist anymore. Carlisle Indian. Looking at this name you have one of three reactions. Either “What is this school?” or “Wow that’s a great football school” or absolute horror at the existence of such a school. It has a troubling history, but there are two videos I really would like readers to watch to get a general gist of its existence. But I must warn you, it isn’t a happy history by any means. First is Extra History’s video on the topic, and then Hardcore College Football History’s video on how that history ties in with the football team.
Playoffs
Round 1
No. 24 Georgia @ No. 9 Michigan - Michigan handles Georgia in a shutout, winning 35-0 to move on and play No. 8 Wisconsin
No. 23 bowdoin @ No. 10 Carlisle Indian - Carlisle handles Bowdoin easily in a shutout 41-0 win. They move on to play No. 7 Army
No. 22 Kansas @ No. 11 Cornell - UPSET ALERT - The Jayhawks win on a walk-off touchdown! They win 21-17 to play No. 6 Dartmouth in the Second Round!
No. 21 Bucknell @ No. 12 Navy - Navy wins in a shutout moving on to the second round to play no. 5 Harvard.
No. 20 Minnesota @ No. 13 Minnesota - Minnesota wins on a walk-off touchdown! They win 6-4 to move on to play No. 4 Yale
No. 19 Iowa @ No. 14 Chicago - A hard fought defensive battle is played, but the Maroons squeak out a victory 6-0 and move on to play Penn
No. 18 Purdue @ No. 15 Northwestern - UPSET ALERT - It is a close game, but Purdue scores a touchdown to put the game out of reach. The Boilermakers win 17-10 to move on and play No. 2 Lafayette.
No. 17 Williams @ No. 16 Illinois - Illinois misses their PAT, AND a field goal, as Williams holds on to move on and play No. 1 Princeton.
Round 2
No. 17 Williams @ No. 1 Princeton - Usually there would be a blow out associated with these early games and top seeds, but it’s becoming more competitive. Princeston still wins 21-0 and move on to the Quarterfinals
No. 17 Purdue @ No. 2 Lafayette- The Leopards shut down Purdue’s offense in a 24-0 win. They move on to the Quarterfinal Round.
No. 14 Chicago @ No. 3 Penn - It is a tough fought battle, but Penn scores two touchdowns with one missed PAT. The Quakers win 10-0 to move on to the Quartefinals!
No. 13 Minnesota @ No. 4 Yale - Yale wins against Minneosta’s great defense, as they score a lone touchdown in a 6-0 win and move on to the Quarterfinals
No. 12 Navy @ No. 5 Harvard - UPSET ALERT - After a Harvard safety, Navy is down most of the game. However, late in the game they score a touchdown to but them ahead! The Midshipmen win 6-2 and move on to play No. 4 Yale
No. 22 Kansas @ No. 6 Dartmouth - Kansas want…
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