The 1896 Delaware football team was an

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team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the

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) as an independent during the

1896 college football season The 1896 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Lafayette Leopards football, Lafayette and Princeton Tigers football, Princeton as having been selected NCAA Division ...

. The team was led by its first head coach,

Ira Pierce Ira Liston Pierce (September 1874 – July 16, 1906) was an American chemist and college sports coach. He served as the head baseball coach of the University of Delaware in 1895 and as football coach in 1896. Pierce was born in September 1874 an ...

, and compiled a record of 0–6.

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