The 1896 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by Harry Orman Robinson in his first and only season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 4–2–1 with a mark of 1–1 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) play. The team participated in the first gridiron football games played in Mexico through a series of exhibition games against the Missouri Tigers.
Personnel Lineup James Jones [Co-C]Right End2ndOtto PfeifferRight Tackle1stAndrew DenmarkRight Guard2ndJames ClarkeCenter1stR.W. WorthamLeft Guard2ndR.D. Parker Jr.Left Tackle3rdWallace RalstonLeft End3rdS.F. Acree Quarterback2ndJoseph MaytubbyRight Halfback1stJames CapertonLeft Halfback2ndArthur HomerFullback1st
Subs C.H. LeavellHalfback1stClarence KingTackle1stLamar BetheaHalfback1stWalter SchreinerEnd 1stFrank Creswell 1stJerry DebenportGuard1st
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