1897 Brown Bears football team

1897 Brown Bears football
1897 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Wallace Moyle (3rd season);
Captain	Dave Fultz
Home stadium	Adelaide Park
	Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.		–		1	–	3	–	0

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		Tufts	Providence, RI	W 24–0		^[2]
October 9		Boston University	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	W 44–0		^[3]
October 13		at Phillips Academy	Andover, MA	W 20–4		^[4]
October 16		Wesleyan	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	W 24–12		^[5]
October 20		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 14–18	2,000	^[6]
October 23		at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–18	8,000	^[7]^[8]
October 30		Penn	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	L 0–40		^[9]
November 6		at Newton Athletic Association	Newton Centre, MA	W 24–0		^[10]
November 13		vs. Carlisle	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 18–14	1,500–3,000	^[11]^[12]
November 20	2:55 p.m.	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 0–42	2,000	^[13]^[14]
November 25		Wesleyan	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	W 12–4	2,000	^[15]

References

^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
^ "Brown 24, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown 44, Boston University 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown 20, Andover 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown 24, Wesleyan 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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)
^ "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.
^ "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 .
^ "All In One Half". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1897. p. 20. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown Kicks To Victory". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown 18, Carlisle 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "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 .
^ "Easy For West Point". The Sun. New York, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown Wins Another". The Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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[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 .

[3] "Brown 44, Boston University 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "Brown 20, Andover 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[5] "Brown 24, Wesleyan 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[6] "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[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 .

[10] "All In One Half". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1897. p. 20. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[11] "Brown Kicks To Victory". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[12] "Brown 18, Carlisle 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[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 .

[14] "Easy For West Point". The Sun. New York, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[15] "Brown Wins Another". The Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

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