Pennsylvania
FBSI · 1896 Season · Final
All-Time Resume
- Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
- AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 3 Top 10
- Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 2 Top 10
- Pioneer Era · 29 seasons · 26 Top 10 · 3× #1
Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Pennsylvania head-to-head · History & Eras
1896 Schedule & Results
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Conf | Opp. Record | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Week 5 · Sep 29 | Franklin & Marshall (FRANKLIN & MARSHALL)H2H | IND FBSI | 3–4–2 | W 24–0 |
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 6 | GETTYSBURG | Unranked | — | W 32–0 |
| 6 | Week 6 · Oct 6 |  Bucknell (BUCKNELL)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | W 40–0 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 13 |  Navy (NAVY)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–3 | W 8–0 |
| 7 | Week 7 · Oct 13 |  Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–2–1 | W 16–0 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 20 | VIRGINIA | Unranked | — | W 20–0 |
| 8 | Week 8 · Oct 20 |  Lehigh (LEHIGH)H2H | IND FBSI | 2–5 | W 34–0 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 27 | Amherst (AMHERST)H2H | IND FBSI | 3–6–1 | W 14–0 |
| 9 | Week 9 · Oct 27 |  Lafayette (LAFAYETTE)H2H | IND FBSI | 11–0–1 | L 4–6 |
| 10 | Week 10 · Nov 3 |  Brown (BROWN)H2H | IND FBSI | 4–5–1 | W 16–0 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 10 | Dickinson (DICKINSON)H2H | IND FBSI | 4–5 | W 30–2 |
| 11 | Week 11 · Nov 10 | Carlisle (CARLISLE)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–5 | W 21–0 |
| 12 | Week 12 · Nov 17 |  Penn State (PENN STATE)H2H | IND FBSI | 3–4 | W 27–0 |
| 13 | Week 13 · Nov 24 |  Harvard (HARVARD)H2H | IND FBSI | 7–4 | W 8–6 |
| 14 | Week 14 · Dec 1 |  Cornell (CORNELL)H2H | IND FBSI | 5–3–1 | W 32–10 |
Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.
Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).
- Harvard +7
- Bucknell +5
- Navy +5
- Dartmouth +5
- Carlisle +5
- Cornell +5
- Brown +4
- Dickinson +4
- Franklin & Marshall +3
- Amherst +3
- Penn State +3
- Lehigh +2
- Lafayette 0
Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.
0.933 Win % · Change 1
Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.
Higher on the chart = better rank.
Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.
Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.