Maryland Football Team History 
Maryland Terrapins  
 
	
		
		
		 
		University of Maryland  
 
  College Park, MD   
Founded: 1856 Stadium: Byrd Stadium Capacity: 48,055 Colors: Black, Gold, Red & White Coach: Grenville Lewis Conference: Independent- 
 
	 
  
	
	
	
	
	
				
				 
				
				  
				
				 
				
				 
				
				 
			
		    	
				 
  
				
				 
				
				  
	  
 
 
 
 
	
		
1896 Season Highlights  
 Grenville Lewis enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Maryland.  
    
		
		
1896 Season  
 Date   
 Opponent   Score   
   
 Sat., Oct. 10   vs. Eastern High School  
    
   	 0  
   	 6  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 17   vs. Gallaudet  
    
   	 0  
   	 0  
     T   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Oct. 17   vs. Washington Business High  
    
   	 34  
   	 0  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Thu., Oct. 29   vs. Washington Central High School  
    
   	 10  
   	 6  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Wed., Nov. 4   vs. Alexandria High School  
    
   	 18  
   	 0  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 7   vs. Episcopal High School  
    
   	 0  
   	 6  
     L   
    
   	   
   	   Tue., Nov. 10   @ Bethel Military Academy  
    
   	 20  
   	 10  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 14   @ Western Maryland  
    
   	 16  
   	 6  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Tue., Nov. 17   vs. Central High School  
    
   	 14  
   	 0  
     W   
    
   	   
   	   Sat., Nov. 21    University of Maryland  
    
   	 0  
   	 0  
     T   
    
   	   
   	  
 
 
		   	
	
1896 Season Totals  
  Record 6-2
-2
  
  Points Scored 112  
  Scoring Average 11.2  
  Points Allowed 34  
  Defense Average 3.4  
  Opponents Record 0-0
  
  Conference Record 0-0  
  Home Record 4-2
-1
  
  Away Record 2-0
     
  
 
		
1896 NCAA Final Rankings  
 Rank   
 Record   
 Source   
  was not ranked.   
  
        
 
        
  
        
        
    
 
1896 All American Awards  
  Player   
  Position   
 Class   
 Ht.   
 Wt.   
 Award   
 Team   
 Source   
 Coming Someday   
 
1896 All Independent Conference Players  
  Player   
  Position   
 Class   
 Ht.   
 Wt.   
 Team   
 Source   
 Coming Someday   
  
   
  
	
	  
Some records may be incomplete.  
	 
 
 
 
 
    
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