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1896 Geneva Covenanters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
Home stadiumGeneva Park
Seasons← 18951897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1896 college football season. William McCracken was in his seventh and final year as head coach. Geneva's football record book claims a record of 3–4.

Geneva's records omit one of three games played in 1896 against the local Nonpareil Athletic Club. According to The Pittsburgh Post, the second of the three games (on October 24) was an unscheduled exhibition played "just for the fun of the thing", with neither team fielding its best lineup, in advance of a "real game" between the two teams on November 3. However, Geneva lists an 8–0 loss and a 12–0 win against Nonpareil, which match the scores of the second and third games.

Geneva also excludes from its records an unplayed game against the Western University of Pennsylvania (WUP, later the University of Pittsburgh) on November 14. According to The Pittsburgh Press, the referee awarded the game to the WUP 6–0 after Geneva refused to play against WUP's allegedly professional player-coach, George W. Hoskins. The University of Pittsburgh counts the game as a 6–0 forfeit win.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Nonpareil Athletic ClubL 4–8 or 4–10
September 26at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVL 0–6800
October 10Washington & JeffersonL 0–34
October 17Grove City
  • Geneva Park
  • Beaver Falls, PA
W 32–0300
October 24Nonpareil Athletic Club
  • Geneva Park
  • Beaver Falls, PA
L 0–8
November 3at Nonpareil Athletic Club
  • Junction Park
  • Beaver Falls, PA
W 12–0
November 7at Westminster (PA)New Wilmington, PAW 16–4
November 14Western University of Pennsylvania
  • Geneva Park
  • Beaver Falls, PA
L 0–6 (forfeit)
November 21at Grove CityGrove City, PAL 6–10

References

  1. ^ "Football at Beaver Falls". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  2. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "A Row at Beaver Falls". The Pittsburg Press. November 15, 1896. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Pitt Football 2024 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. 2024. p. 121. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  5. "Amateur Sports". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 24, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  6. Glasgow, William Melancthon (1908). The Geneva Book: Comprising a History of Geneva College and a Biographical Catalogue of the Alumni and Many Students. Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing. p. 165.
  7. "Football at Beaver Falls". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 15, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  8. "Geneva Makes A Good Stand". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 27, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  9. "Skill Against Pluck". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  10. "Easy for W. and J." The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  11. "Went Down With Flying Colors". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  12. "A One-Sided Game". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  13. "N. A. C. S. 8, Geneva 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 25, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  14. "Geneva Defeats the Nonpareils". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 4, 1896. p. 9. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  15. "Geneva Defeats Westminster". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 8, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  16. "Geneva Loses To Grove City". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 22, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
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