1896: Week 5
27 games. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
Everyone else
| Oct 7, 1896 | Chicago 34, Hahnemann Medical 0 | Box score |
| Oct 7, 1896 | Harvard 18, Newton A.C. 0 | Box score |
| Oct 7, 1896 | Lake Forest 6, Northwestern Academy 0 | Box score |
| Oct 7, 1896 | Northwestern 42, Armour 0 | Box score |
| Oct 7, 1896 | Wesleyan (CT) 12, WPI 4 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Northwestern 6, Beloit 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Bowdoin 22, Bates 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Brown 44, Amherst 6 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Chicago 6, Iowa 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Cornell 48, Western Reserve 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Harvard 28, Wesleyan (CT) 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Illinois 70, Knox 4 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Michigan 44, Grand Rapids High 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Minnesota 12, Grinnell 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Navy 49, Franklin & Marshall 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Penn State 8, Dickinson 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Princeton 16, Lehigh 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Purdue 32, Rush Medical 4 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Trinity (CT) 12, WPI 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Tufts 22, Boston College 8upset | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Williams 24, Andover 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Wisconsin 34, Lake Forest 0 | Box score |
| Oct 10, 1896 | Yale 12, Orange A.C. 0 | Box score |