1899 Brown Bears football team

1899 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–1
Head coach	Edward N. Robinson (2nd season)
Captain	Henry S. Pratt

1899 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					10	–	0	–	1
Lafayette			–					12	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					7	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle			–					9	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	1	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					2	–	0	–	2
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	1
Western Univ. of Penn.			–					3	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					9	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					8	–	3	–	2
Brown			–					7	–	3	–	1
New Hampshire			–					4	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	3	–	0
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					2	–	7	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	9	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1899 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1899 college football season.^[1] Led by second-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a record of 7–3–1. The team's captain was Henry S. Pratt.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		at Holy Cross	Worcester College Grounds Worcester, MA	W 19–0		[2]
October 4		Tufts	New athletic field Providence, RI	W 6–0		[3]
October 7		Penn	Providence, RI	T 6–6	1,000–2,000	[4][5]
October 14		Campello	Providence, RI	W 25–0	350	[6]
October 21	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–11	7,000–8,000	[7][8][9]
October 28		at Newton Athletic Association	Providence, RI	W 35–0		[10]
November 4	3:15 p.m.	at Princeton	Osborne Field Princeton, NJ	L 6–18	3,500	[11][12]
November 11		MIT	Brown Field Providence, RI	W 38–0		[13][14]
November 18		Boston College	Providence, RI	W 18–0	400	[15]
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Providence, RI	W 16–5		[16][17]
November 30		at Chicago	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	L 6–17	10,000	[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, 17; Holy Cross, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 1, 1899. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Brown 6, Tufts 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "U. Of P. Tied". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1899. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Brown Played Quakers A Tie". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1899. p. 11. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Brown 25, Campello 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1899. p. 20. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Harvard---Brown". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. "Harvard's Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Harvard's Game (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Brown 35, Newton 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Princeton Downed Brown". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 5, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
13. "Brown Vs Technology". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
14. "Brown 38, M. I. T. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
15. "Brown 18, Boston College 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
16. "Brown Vs Dartmouth". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
17. "Brown Defeats Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 26, 1899. p. 12. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
18. "Stagg's Men Win". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. December 1, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
19. "Stagg's Men Win (continued)". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. December 1, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .