1901 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–7–1
Head coach
CaptainW. P. Bates
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1900
1902 →
1901 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   12 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   11 – 1 – 1
Cornell   –   11 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   10 – 1 – 0
Massachusetts   –   9 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   9 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Western U. of Penn   –   7 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 2 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 2
Frankin & Marshall   –   7 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   10 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   8 – 5 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   3 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   6 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   5 – 5 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 4 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 7 – 1
Brown   –   4 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 8 – 0
Lehigh   –   1 – 11 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1901 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 4–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 212 to 70. W. P. Bates was the team captain.[1][2]

The team played its home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Boston College
W 12–0[3]
October 2Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 16–0[4]
October 5Syracuse
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–20500[5]
October 9Manhattan
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–5[6]
October 12at Penn
L 0–2610,000[7]
October 19at Princeton
L 0–35[8]
October 26Holy Cross
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
T 6–6[9]
November 2at Harvard
L 0–485,000[10]
November 5at Homestead Library & A.C.
L 0–34[11]
November 9Lafayette
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–11[12]
November 16Union (NY)
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 24–5[13]
November 28Dartmouth
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–226,000[14]

References

  1. ^ "1901 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Brown 12, Boston College 0". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1901. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown, 16; Colby, 0". Boston Post. October 3, 1901. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "U. of S., 20; Brown, 0". Boston Sunday Post. October 6, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brown, 6; Manhattan, 5". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Penn Overwhelms Brown Eleven". The Philadelphia Times. October 13, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Princeton, 35; Brown, 0". New York Daily Tribune. October 20, 1901. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross and Brown Play Tie". The Boston Sunday Post. October 27, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Crimson Triumphs Over Brown by Its Biggest Score of the Season---48---0". Boston Post. November 3, 1901. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Brown Failed To Cross Line". The Pittsburg Press. November 6, 1901. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lafayette, 11; Brown, 6". The New York Times. November 10, 1901. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Brown 24, Union 5". The Boston Globe. November 17, 1901. p. 16.
  14. ^ "Dartmouth 22, Brown 0". The Boston Globe. November 29, 1901. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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