1894 Brown Bears football team

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.

1894 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–5
Head coach
CaptainW. B. Hopkins
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
1894 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Fort AdamsProvidence, RIW 58–0[2]
October 3at Yale
L 0–282,500[3]
October 6Boston Athletic Association
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 28–0[4]
October 114:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 4–182,000[5][6][7][8]
October 133:30 p.m.at Army
W 10–0[9]
October 17at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 14–0600[10]
October 20Wesleyan
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 26–0[11]
October 24at MIT
L 4–8400[12]
October 31at Tufts
W 30–0300[13]
November 33:15 p.m.Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–125,000[14][15]
November 10at Orange Athletic Club
W 12–101,500[16]
November 153:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–184,000–5,000[17][18][19][20]
November 17BowdoinProvidence, RIW 42–0[21]
November 2410:30 a.m.vs. Dartmouth
W 20–41,200[22][23]
November 29MIT
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 16–44,000[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 open access.
  3. "Yale 28, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "B. A. A. Team Downed". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Harvard And Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Brown Scores". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Brown Scores (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  10. "Brown 14, Andover 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Brown 24, Wesleyan 0". New York Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Technology 8, Brown 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Brown 30, Tufts 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. "Yale 12, Brown 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. "Brown's Plucky Fight". New York Tribune. New York, New York. November 4, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  18. "Not Her Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  19. "Not Her Eleven (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  22. "Dartmouth vs. Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  23. "Dartmouth "Not In It."". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1894. p. 22. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  24. ""Tech" In Tears". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 30, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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