1897 Brown Bears football team

The 1897 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1897 college football season.[1] Led by Wallace Moyle in his third and final season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 7–4. The team's captain was Dave Fultz.

1897 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Fultz
Home stadiumAdelaide Park
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn   –  15 –0 –0
Princeton   –  10 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –1 –0
Yale   –  9 –0 –2
Buffalo   –  9 –1 –0
Harvard   –  10 –1 –1
Army   –  6 –1 –1
Vermont   –  3 –0 –2
Lafayette   –  9 –2 –1
Drexel   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –1
Dickinson   –  7 –3 –2
Swarthmore   –  7 –3 –2
Fordham   –  2 –1 –1
Cornell   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Brown   –  7 –4 –0
Carlisle   –  6 –4 –0
Boston College   –  4 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  4 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  3 –3 –1
NYU   –  3 –3 –0
Temple   –  3 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  4 –4 –1
Wesleyan   –  6 –6 –0
Tufts   –  6 –7 –0
Geneva   –  3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh College   –  3 –5 –2
Villanova   –  3 –5 –1
Penn State   –  3 –6 –0
Amherst   –  2 –6 –2
Frankin & Marshall   –  2 –6 –2
Lehigh   –  3 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –  2 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  2 –6 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –  1 –3 –0

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2TuftsProvidence, RIW 24–0[2]
October 9Boston University
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 44–0[3]
October 13at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 20–4[4]
October 16Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 24–12[5]
October 20at Yale
L 14–182,000[6]
October 23at Harvard
L 0–188,000[7][8]
October 30Penn
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–40[9]
November 6at Newton Athletic AssociationNewton Centre, MAW 24–0[10]
November 13vs. Carlisle
W 18–141,500–3,000[11][12]
November 202:55 p.m.at Army
L 0–422,000[13][14]
November 25Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 12–42,000[15]

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 24, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Brown 44, Boston University 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Brown 20, Andover 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Brown 24, Wesleyan 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Fierce Onslaughts: Brown's Line Was Unable to Withstand Harvard's Determined Rushes". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1897. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.(attendance 8,000 at Soldiers Field)
  8. "Harvard's Football Giants Keep Brown From Scoring: Crimson's Men Piled Up 18 Points, and Their Line Was Impenetrable". Boston Post. October 24, 1897. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. "And Now The Great Brown Team Falls Before Penn To The Tune Of 40 Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "All In One Half". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1897. p. 20. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Brown Kicks To Victory". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Brown 18, Carlisle 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "West Point Cadets Beat Brown, 42 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. "Easy For West Point". The Sun. New York, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. "Brown Wins Another". The Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.


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