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 Eddie 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
1898 record6–4
Head coach
CaptainFred W. Murphy
1898 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Army    3 2 1
Vermont    3 2 1
Holy Cross    5 4 1
Pittsburgh College    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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Holy Cross
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0
October 5Tufts
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 29–6
October 8at PennL 0–18
October 12Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 41–5
October 19at Yale
L 6–22
October 26Boston College
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0
October 29at PrincetonL 0–23
November 5Newton AA
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 16–5
November 12at HarvardCambridge, MAL 6–17
November 19Dartmouth
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–0

References

  1. "1898 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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