1896 Brown Bears football team

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.

1896 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5–1
Head coach
CaptainE. Colby
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
1896 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Worcester Tech
W 20–0300[2]
October 7at Yale
L 0–181,800[3][4]
October 10AmherstProvidence, RIW 44–6700[5]
October 173:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–124,000[6][7][8]
October 24LehighProvidence, RIW 16–0300[9]
October 28at Penn
L 0–164,500[10]
November 3Dartmouth
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
T 10–101,000[11][12]
November 7Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 6–182,500[13][14]
November 21at Army
L 6–8500[15][16]
November 26vs. Carlisle
W 24–1215,000–18,000[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 open access.
  3. "Yale 18, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  6. "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  9. "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  11. "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Close Football Game". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  16. "Other Big Games". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  17. "Football". The Champaign County News. Champaign, Illinois. November 28, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  18. "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  19. "Brown 24, Carlisle 12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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