1894 Brown Bears football team

The 1894 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1894 college football season.[1] Led by William G. Norton in his first and only season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 10–5.

1894 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–5
Head coach
CaptainW. B. Hopkins
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     16 0 0
Penn     12 0 0
Villanova     1 0 0
Penn State     6 0 1
Harvard     11 2 0
Geneva     5 1 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Temple     4 1 0
Holy Ghost College     7 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     5 2 1
Brown     10 5 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Colgate     2 1 1
Army     3 2 0
Frankin & Marshall     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 1
Amherst     7 5 0
Trinity (CT)     4 3 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Tufts     6 5 0
Massachusetts     3 3 0
Swarthmore     5 5 0
Western Univ. Penn     1 1 0
Lafayette     5 6 0
New Hampshire     2 3 0
Rutgers     4 6 0
Lehigh     5 9 0
Williams     1 3 0
Drexel     1 3 0
MIT     1 4 0
Boston College     1 6 0
Carlisle     1 8 0
Buffalo     0 2 0
NYU     0 3 0
Wesleyan     0 5 0

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Fort AdamsProvidence, RIW 58–0[2]
October 3at YaleL 0–282,500[3]
October 6Boston Athletic Association
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 28–0[4]
October 114:00 p.m.at HarvardL 4–182,000[5][6][7][8]
October 133:30 p.m.at ArmyW 10–0[9]
October 17at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 14–0600[10]
October 20Wesleyan
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 26–0[11]
October 24at MITL 4–8400[12]
October 31at Tufts
W 30–0300[13]
November 33:15 p.m.Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–125,000[14][15]
November 10at Orange Athletic ClubW 12–101,500[16]
November 153:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–184,000–5,000[17][18][19][20]
November 17BowdoinProvidence, RIW 42–0[21]
November 2410:30 a.m.vs. Dartmouth
W 20–41,200[22][23]
November 29MIT
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 16–44,000[24]

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. ^ "Olympics Wins". Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. September 30, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Yale 28, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "B. A. A. Team Downed". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Harvard And Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Brown Scores". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Brown Scores (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4". The Boston Post. October 12, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 2,000)
  9. ^ "Browns Defeat The Cadets". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 14, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Brown 14, Andover 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Brown 24, Wesleyan 0". New York Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Technology 8, Brown 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Brown 30, Tufts 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Yale 12, Brown 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Brown's Plucky Fight". New York Tribune. New York, New York. November 4, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "Orange Succumbs To Brown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Harvard Vs Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  18. ^ "Not Her Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  19. ^ "Not Her Eleven (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  20. ^ "Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0". Boston Post. November 16, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
  21. ^ "Brown 42, Bowdoin 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  22. ^ "Dartmouth vs. Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  23. ^ "Dartmouth "Not In It."". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1894. p. 22. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  24. ^ ""Tech" In Tears". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 30, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .