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1896 Brown Bears football team

1896 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
CaptainE. Colby
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1896 college football season.[1] Led by second-year head coach Wallace Moyle, Brown compiled a record of 4–5–1.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Worcester Tech
W 20–0300[2]
October 7at Yale
L 0–181,800[3][4]
October 10AmherstProvidence, RIW 44–6700[5]
October 173:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–124,000[6][7][8]
October 24LehighProvidence, RIW 16–0300[9]
October 28at Penn
L 0–164,500[10]
November 3Dartmouth
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
T 10–101,000[11][12]
November 7Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 6–182,500[13][14]
November 21at Army
L 6–8500[15][16]
November 26vs. Carlisle
W 24–1215,000–18,000[17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown Starts Out Well". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Yale 18, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown 44, Amherst 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Brown Loses The Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Old Penn Defeats Brown By 16 To". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Close Football Game". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "West Point 8, Brown 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Other Big Games". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Football". The Champaign County News. Champaign, Illinois. November 28, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Brown 24, Carlisle 12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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