1891 Brown Bears football team

1891 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	None
Home stadium	Adelaide Park

1891 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1891 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a record of 4–6.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		MIT	Providence, RI	W 6–4
October 3		Trinity (CT)	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	L 0–8		[2]
October 7	3:30 p.m.	at Fall River	Y. M. C. grounds Fall River, MA	W 18–4	300	[3][4][5]
October ?		at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	L 12–26
October 17	2:30 p.m.	at Bowdoin	Portland, ME	L 18–24		[6]
October 24		Bowdoin	Providence, RI	W 18–0
October 28		MIT	Providence, RI	L 6–14	300	[7]
November 4		at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 0–58		[8]
November 7		at Worcester Tech	Worcester, MA	W 32–6		[9]
November 14		Tufts	Providence, RI	L 12–34		[10]

References

1. "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
2. "Lost Her First Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "College Football". Fall River Evening News. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 6, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Cuffs And Kicks". Fall River Globe. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 8, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Worked The Criss-Cross". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Bowdowins, 24; Browns, 18". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1891. p. 6. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Stubborn Fight". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Somewhat Sleepy". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 5, 1891. p. 9. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Better Team Work". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 8, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Tufts, 34; Brown, 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1891. p. 4. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .