1908 Brown Bears football team

The 1908 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by second-year head coach J. A. Gammons, Brown compiled a record of 5–3–1.[1]

1908 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAndrews Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn    11 0 1
Harvard    9 0 1
Cornell    7 1 1
Fordham    5 1 0
Yale    7 1 1
Dartmouth    6 1 1
Carlisle    10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson    10 2 1
Army    6 1 2
Pittsburgh    8 3 0
Lafayette    6 2 2
Princeton    5 2 3
Syracuse    6 3 1
Brown    5 3 1
Temple    3 2 1
Colgate    4 3 0
Lehigh    4 3 0
Dickinson    5 4 0
Amherst    3 3 2
Holy Cross    4 4 0
Penn State    5 5 0
Vermont    3 3 3
Wesleyan    3 4 2
Springfield Training School    3 4 1
NYU    2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall    4 6 1
Bucknell    3 5 2
Rutgers    3 5 1
Boston College    2 4 2
Carnegie Tech    3 7 0
Geneva    1 6 2
Tufts    1 6 1
Villanova    1 6 0
Drexel    0 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19New Hampshire
W 34–0
September 26Bates
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 35–4
October 3Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[2]
October 10Bowdoin
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–0
October 17at PennL 0–1210,000[3]
October 24Lafayette
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–8
October 31at HarvardL 2–6
November 7at YaleT 10–10
November 14Vermont
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–0[4]

References

  1. "1908 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. "Brown 6, Colgate 0: Sixty – yards End Run by Capt Mayhew in First Minute of Play Results in Only Score". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 4, 1908. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn Has an Easy Victory: Brown Is Beaten by Penn 12 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1908. p. 10b via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brown 12, Vermont 0". The New York Times. November 15, 1908. Retrieved June 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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