1898 Brown Bears football team

The 1898 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 96.[1] Fred W. Murphy was the team captain.

1898 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainFred W. Murphy
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     11 0 0
Drexel     7 0 0
Princeton     11 0 1
Penn     12 1 0
Buffalo     8 1 0
Cornell     10 2 0
Swarthmore     9 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     9 2 0
Yale     9 2 0
Dickinson     8 2 0
Syracuse     8 2 1
Wesleyan     7 3 0
Western Penn.     5 2 1
Brown     6 4 0
Carlisle     6 4 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Pittsburgh College     6 4 1
Army     3 2 1
Vermont     3 2 1
Holy Cross     5 4 1
Bucknell     4 4 3
Fordham     1 1 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 4 2
New Hampshire     4 4 0
Amherst     4 5 1
Villanova     2 4 1
Lehigh     3 6 1
Boston College     2 5 1
Colgate     2 5 1
Temple     2 5 0
Lafayette     3 8 0
NYU     1 3 0
Rutgers     1 6 1
Tufts     1 9 0
Geneva     0 6 1

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Holy Cross
W 19–0[2][3]
October 5Tufts
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 29–6[4][5]
October 8at PennL 0–185,000[6]
October 16Colby
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 41–5[7]
October 19at YaleL 6–22[8]
October 24Boston College
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[9]
October 29Princeton
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–231,500–2,500[10][11][12]
November 5Newtowne Athletic AssociationProvidence, RIW 16–5[13]
November 123:00 p.m.at HarvardL 6–17[14][15]
November 21Dartmouth
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 12–02,000[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "1898 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brown Begins Well". The Times. Philadelphia, Pa. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown 19, Holy Cross 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Brown 29, Tufts 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 6, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Untitled". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 6, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Penn, 18—Brown, 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Brown 41, Colby 5". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 16, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "Yale Defeats Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 20, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Scares Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Princeton, 23; Brown, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 30, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Princeton Defeats Brown". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 30, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Princeton, 23; Brown, 0". The Sun. New York, New York. October 30, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "Newtowne A. A. Scored". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Game At 3 O'clock Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Harvard Weak". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1898. p. 24. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "Brown, 12; Dartmouth, 0". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 22, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "Brown's Victory". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 22, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .