| Team: | Duquesne Country and Athletic Club |
| Year: | 1896 |
| Bg Color: | black |
| Text Color: | white |
| Border Color: | red |
| Record: | 6–3–1 |
| Manager: | Jim Wagenhurst |
| Captain: | Ed Young |
| Captain Year: | 2nd |
| Field: | Exposition Park |
| Previous: | 1895 |
| Next: | 1897 |
The 1896 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club football season was the second season of competition for the American football team representing the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club (DC&AC) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team finished with a record of 6–3–1.
The team suffered a heavy turnover in personnel from its previous season, with only five players returning. It spent much of its early season trying to settle on a stable lineup.[1]
On November 10, the DC&AC became the first team ever to face a fully professional football team. The opponent was the Allegheny Athletic Association, whose players were each to be paid $100 per game. The Duquesnes lost the game 12–0 at Exposition Park. The "Three A's" would cease to exist after shutting out the Pittsburgh Athletic Club a day later.[1]
Victories against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club and Greensburg gave the DC&AC a claim as the best of the "big four" Western Pennsylvania athletic clubs (which also included Latrobe).[1] The DC&AC however could not match the success of the region's top collegiate team—the undefeated, unscored-upon Washington & Jefferson—to whom they lost 4–0 on Thanksgiving Day.[1]