1894 Brown Bears football team

1894 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–5
Head coach
CaptainW. B. Hopkins
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   16 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   11 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 1 – 0
Holy Ghost College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 1
  –   10 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 1 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   7 – 5 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 9 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 3 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   1 – 8 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1894 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1894 college football season.[1] Led by William G. Norton in his first and only season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 10–5.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Fort AdamsProvidence, RIW 58–0[2]
October 3at Yale
L 0–282,500[3]
October 6Boston Athletic Association
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 28–0[4]
October 114:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 4–182,000[5][6][7][8]
October 133:30 p.m.at Army
W 10–0[9]
October 17at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 14–0600[10]
October 20Wesleyan
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 26–0[11]
October 24at MIT
L 4–8400[12]
October 31at Tufts
W 30–0300[13]
November 33:15 p.m.Yale
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–125,000[14][15]
November 10at Orange Athletic Club
W 12–101,500[16]
November 153:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Soldiers' Field
  • Cambridge, MA
L 0–184,000–5,000[17][18][19][20]
November 17BowdoinProvidence, RIW 42–0[21]
November 2410:30 a.m.vs. Dartmouth
W 20–41,200[22][23]
November 29MIT
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 16–44,000[24]

References

  1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Olympics Wins". Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. September 30, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Yale 28, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "B. A. A. Team Downed". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Harvard And Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Scores". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Brown Scores (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Brown Did It: Harvard's Clean Record Has Its Blot; Crimson, 18; Brown, 4". The Boston Post. October 12, 1894. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperArchive.(attendance 2,000)
  9. ^ "Browns Defeat The Cadets". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 14, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Brown 14, Andover 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Brown 24, Wesleyan 0". New York Tribune. New York, New York. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Technology 8, Brown 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Brown 30, Tufts 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Yale 12, Brown 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Brown's Plucky Fight". New York Tribune. New York, New York. November 4, 1894. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Orange Succumbs To Brown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 11, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Harvard Vs Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Not Her Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Not Her Eleven (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1894. p. 7. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "Outdid Yale: Harvard Defeated the Brown Boys, 18-0". Boston Post. November 16, 1894. p. 3 – via NewspaperArchive.
  21. ^ "Brown 42, Bowdoin 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 18, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  22. ^ "Dartmouth vs. Brown Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 24, 1894. p. 10. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  23. ^ "Dartmouth "Not In It."". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1894. p. 22. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  24. ^ ""Tech" In Tears". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 30, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved March 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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