The 1896 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1896 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Led by Harry Orman Robinson in his first and only season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 4âÂÂ2âÂÂ1 with a mark of 1âÂÂ1 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) play. The team participated in the first gridiron football games played in Mexico through a series of exhibition games against the Missouri Tigers.