1893 Brown Bears football team

1893 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainW. B. Hopkins
Home stadiumLincoln Field
1893 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   11 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   12 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 2
Penn   –   12 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 1 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   7 – 3 – 0
  –   6 – 3 – 0
Carlisle   –   2 – 1 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   4 – 2 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   7 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   3 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 2 – 1
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 3 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 1
Worcester Tech   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 9 – 1
Western Penn   –   1 – 4 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 9 – 0
New Hampshire   –   0 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   0 – 4 – 0
Maine   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1893 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1893 college football season.[1] Led by William Odlin in his first and only season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 6–3.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Yale
L 0–18[2]
October 7at Worcester TechWorcester, MAW 30–0
October 14Boston Athletic Association
L 0–61,300[3]
October 21Trinity (CT)
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 34–01,000[4]
October 25at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 10–0900[5]
October 283:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–582,500[6][7]
November 8MIT
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 36–01,200[8]
November 18at MIT
W 28–6400[9]
November 23Tufts
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 30–01,400[10]

References

  1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Opened The Football Season Today". New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. October 5, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Within One Foot Of Goal". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brown 34, Trinity 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1893. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Brown Defeats Andover". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 26, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Vs. Harvard". The Boston Post. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "On First Down". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 29, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ ""Tech" Could Not Score". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 9, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Brown Wins Again". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1893. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Only Two Yards From Goal". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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