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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1896
| team = Gonzaga Blue and White
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 2–0
| head_coach = [[Henry Luhn]]
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain =
| stadium =
| prev_year = 1893
}}
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The '''1896 Gonzaga Blue and White football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented Gonzaga College—now known as [[Gonzaga University]]–as an indepdendent  during the [[1896 college football season]]. In their third season under head coach [[Henry Luhn]], they compiled a 2–0 record.
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Spokane High School
| site_stadium = Gonzaga grounds
| site_cityst = [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane, WA]]
| score = 6–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Football.—Gonzaga College Meets Spokane High School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/158066550/ |newspaper=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |date=November 25, 1896 |page=1 |access-date=October 29, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Won By Gonzaga |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/158066661/ |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |date=November 27, 1896 |page=7 |access-date=October 29, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = January 1, 1897
| w/l = w
| opponent = Blair Business College
| site_stadium = Gonzaga grounds
| site_cityst = Spokane, WA
| score = 38–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gonzaga Vs. Business College |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/158066222/ |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |date=January 1, 1897 |page=3 |access-date=October 29, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gonzaga Wins Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/158066379/ |newspaper=[[Spokane Daily Chronicle]] |location=[[Spokane, Washington]] |date=January 2, 1897 |page=3 |access-date=October 29, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
}}
}}
<ref>{{cite web |last=Plowman |first=Stephanie |title=A Look Back at 1896-97 to See Forward to Gonzagas 125th Anniversary |url=https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/2012/5/23/a-look-back-at-1896-97-to-see-forward-to-gonzagas-125th-anniversary |publisher=[[Gonzaga University]] |date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=October 29, 2024 }}</ref>
==References==
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