1894 Brown Bears football team

1894 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–5
Head coach	William G. Norton (1st season)
Captain	W. B. Hopkins
Home stadium	Lincoln Field, Adelaide Park

1894 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Fort Adams	Providence, RI	W 58–0		[2]
October 3		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–28	2,500	[3]
October 6		Boston Athletic Association	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	W 28–0		[4]
October 11	4:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 4–18	2,000	[5][6][7][8]
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 10–0		[9]
October 17		at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	W 14–0	600	[10]
October 20		Wesleyan	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	W 26–0		[11]
October 24		at MIT	South End Grounds Boston, MA	L 4–8	400	[12]
October 31		at Tufts	College Hill Medford, MA	W 30–0	300	[13]
November 3	3:15 p.m.	Yale	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	L 0–12	5,000	[14][15]
November 10		at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, NJ	W 12–10	1,500	[16]
November 15	3:30 p.m.	Harvard	Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–18	4,000–5,000	[17][18][19][20]
November 17		Bowdoin	Providence, RI	W 42–0		[21]
November 24	10:30 a.m.	vs. Dartmouth	Outing Park Springfield, MA	W 20–4	1,200	[22][23]
November 29		MIT	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	W 16–4	4,000	[24]

References

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 .