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1896 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
CaptainE. Colby
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
Seasons← 18951897 →
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
Dickinson   –   4 – 5 – 0
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. Led by second-year head coach Wallace Moyle, Brown compiled a record of 4–5–1.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Worcester TechW 20–0300
October 7at YaleL 0–181,800
October 10AmherstProvidence, RIW 44–6700
October 173:00 p.m.at HarvardL 0–124,000
October 24LehighProvidence, RIW 16–0300
October 28at PennL 0–164,500
November 3Dartmouth
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
T 10–101,000
November 7Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 6–182,500
November 21at ArmyL 6–8500
November 26vs. CarlisleW 24–1215,000–18,000

References

  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 [REDACTED] .
  3. "Yale 18, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  4. "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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  6. "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  7. "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  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 [REDACTED] .
  9. "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  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 [REDACTED] .
  11. "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  12. "Close Football Game". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  13. "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  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 [REDACTED] .
  16. "Other Big Games". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
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  18. "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  19. "Brown 24, Carlisle 12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
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