The 1896 Rhode Island football team represented Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, now known as the University of Rhode Island, as an independent during the 1896 college football season. The team had no coach. The team compiled an overall record of 0–4 and were outscored by a total of 36 to 6. It was the team's second season of intercollegiate football.
Schedule
Roster Rhode Island 1896 roster Guards William F. Harley James R. Emmett Tackles Welcome Carmichael Harry Page WilsonCenter Irving Thomas Ends Benjamin Carpenter Harold W. CaseBacks Edmund D. Cullen William C. P. Merrill Robert S. Doughty William C. Clarke (C)
Reserves were A. Pearson Jr. and Clarence E. Nash.
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