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American college football season

1950 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons← 19491951 →
1950 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 6 Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 0
St. Lawrence   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
No. 2 Army   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 5 – 0
Duquesne   –   2 – 6 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   1 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 7 – 0
Brown   –   1 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Boston College   –   0 – 9 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1950 college football season.

In their first and only season under head coach Gus Zitrides, the Bears compiled a 1–8 record, and were outscored 271 to 147. L.H. Hill was the team captain.

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 at Yale L 12–36 35,000
October 7 at Holy Cross L 21–41 20,000
October 14 Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 55–13 12,000
October 21 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–34 20,000
October 28 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 34–35 6,000
November 4 at Rutgers L 12–15 14,000
November 11 at Penn L 0–50 45,000
November 18 at Harvard L 13–14 11,000
November 23 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–33 8,000

References

  1. "1950 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 1, 1950). "Yale Speed Trims Brown Team, 36-12". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. "Holy Cross Passes Rout Brown, 41-21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. S4.
  5. "Brown Easily Tops R.I. State, 55-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press. October 15, 1950. p. S2.
  6. Strauss, Michael (October 22, 1950). "Princeton Trims Brown Team, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. "Red Raiders Outlast Brown for 35-34 Win in Wild Fray". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rutgers Beats Brown on Fourth-Quarter Pass in First 'Hall of Fame' Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1950. p. S3.
  9. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 12, 1950). "Penn Overwhelms Brown Team, 50-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. "Harvard Rallies to Whip Brown, Snap 9-Game Losing Streak, 14-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 19, 1950. p. S1.
  11. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 24, 1950). "Columbia Ends Campaign with Triumph over Brown at Providence". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 40.
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