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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
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  • 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[edit]

    DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 26Worcester Tech
    • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
  • W 20–0300[2]
    October 7atYale
  • New Haven, CT
  • L 0–181,800[3][4]
    October 10AmherstProvidence, RIW 44–6700[5]
    October 173:00 p.m.atHarvard
  • Boston, MA
  • L 0–124,000[6][7][8]
    October 24LehighProvidence, RIW 16–0300[9]
    October 28atPenn
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • 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 21atArmy
  • West Point, NY
  • L 6–8500[15][16]
    November 26vs. Carlisle
  • New York, NY
  • W 24–1215,000–18,000[17][18][19]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Football". The Champaign County News. Champaign, Illinois. November 28, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  • ^ "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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