1896 Stanford football team

1896 Stanford football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1–1
Head coach	Harry P. Cross (1st season)

1896 Far West college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Gonzaga			–					2	–	0	–	0
Wyoming			–					2	–	0	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					2	–	0	–	1
California			–					6	–	2	–	2
Stanford			–					2	–	1	–	1
Oregon			–					2	–	1	–	0
Utah			–					3	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					1	–	1	–	0
Washington			–					2	–	3	–	0
Nevada State			–					1	–	2	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					0	–	1	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					0	–	2	–	0
USC			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1896 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1896 college football season and was coached by Harry P. Cross in the first of his two nonconsecutive seasons with the team. He returned to coach again in 1898. Like the two coaches who preceded him, Cross played football at Yale.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 10	vs. Olympic Club	Central Park San Francisco, CA	T 0–0
October 24	vs. Reliance Athletic Club	Central Park San Francisco, CA	W 10–0
October 31	vs. Olympic Club	Central Park San Francisco, CA	L 0–4
November 26	vs. California	Central Park San Francisco, CA (rivalry)	W 20–0