1896 Brown Bears football team

1896 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5–1
Head coach	Wallace Moyle (2nd season)
Captain	E. Colby
Home stadium	Lincoln Field, Adelaide Park

1896 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Worcester Tech	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	W 20–0	300	[2]
October 7		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–18	1,800	[3][4]
October 10		Amherst	Providence, RI	W 44–6	700	[5]
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–12	4,000	[6][7][8]
October 24		Lehigh	Providence, RI	W 16–0	300	[9]
October 28		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–16	4,500	[10]
November 3		Dartmouth	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	T 10–10	1,000	[11][12]
November 7		Yale	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	L 6–18	2,500	[13][14]
November 21		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 6–8	500	[15][16]
November 26		vs. Carlisle	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 24–12	15,000–18,000	[17][18][19]

References

1. "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
2. "Brown Starts Out Well". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Yale 18, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brown 44, Amherst 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Brown Loses The Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Old Penn Defeats Brown By 16 To". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Close Football Game". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
13. "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
14. "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "West Point 8, Brown 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
16. "Other Big Games". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
17. "Football". The Champaign County News. Champaign, Illinois. November 28, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
18. "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
19. "Brown 24, Carlisle 12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .