1896 Auburn Tigers football team

1896 Auburn Tigers football
Coach John Heisman is standing at the bottom right of the photo. Team captain Reynolds Tichenor is holding the football in the center.[1]
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–1 (32–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainReynolds Tichenor
Home stadiumDrill Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
LSU + 3 0 0 6 0 0
Georgia + 2 0 0 4 0 0
Vanderbilt 2 0 2 3 2 2
Auburn 3 1 0 3 1 0
Texas 1 1 0 4 2 1
Alabama 1 1 0 2 1 0
Kentucky State College 1 1 0 3 6 0
Sewanee 3 3 0 3 3 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 4 0 0
Tulane 1 2 0 3 2 0
Nashville 0 1 1 0 1 1
Mercer 0 2 1 0 2 1
Central (KY) 0 2 1 0 3 1
Mississippi A&M 0 2 0 0 4 0
SW Presbyterian 0 2 0 0 3 0
Cumberland (TN)        
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1896 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' fifth season. The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his second year, and finished with a record of three wins and one loss (3–1 overall, 3–1 in the SIAA). The team's captain was Reynolds Tichenor.

The Georgia–Auburn game was a 12 to 6 victory by Georgia to finish its first undefeated season under Pop Warner. The game featured Tichenor's brilliant punt returns.[2]

  1. ^ F. Loyd Tate; P. G. Clark; G. M. Holley; C. N. Jones; Paul Vines, eds. (1897), Glomerata 1897, vol. 1, Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing, p. 126, archived from the original (Annual) on July 19, 2011, retrieved March 16, 2011
  2. ^ Triumph Books (2006). Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. ISBN 9781617490484.