1896 Brown Bears football team

American college football season

1896 Brown Bears football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–5–1
Head coach|

* Wallace Moyle (2nd season)

Captain| E. Colby
Home stadium| Lincoln Field, Adelaide Park

Seasons

<- 1895

1897 ->

1896 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 1
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 0  | - | 1
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 14  | - | 1  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 13  | - | 1  | - | 0
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 2  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 2
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 4  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Storrs |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 2
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Western Univ. Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0
Massachusetts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rhode Island |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0

The 1896 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1896 college football season.[1] Led by second-year head coach Wallace Moyle, Brown compiled a record of 4–5–1.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 26| | Worcester Tech|

* Lincoln Field
* Providence, RI

| W 20–0| 300| [2]
October 7| | at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–18| 1,800| [3][4]
October 10| | Amherst| Providence, RI| W 44–6| 700| [5]
October 17| 3:00 p.m.| at Harvard|

* Soldiers' Field
* Boston, MA

| L 0–12| 4,000| [6][7][8]
October 24| | Lehigh| Providence, RI| W 16–0| 300| [9]
October 28| | at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–16| 4,500| [10]
November 3| | Dartmouth|

* Adelaide Park
* Providence, RI

| T 10–10| 1,000| [11][12]
November 7| | Yale|

* Adelaide Park
* Providence, RI

| L 6–18| 2,500| [13][14]
November 21| | at Army|

* The Plain
* West Point, NY

| L 6–8| 500| [15][16]
November 26| | vs. Carlisle|

* Manhattan Field
* New York, NY

| W 24–12| 15,000–18,000| [17][18][19]

## References

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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 Starts Out Well". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 27, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Yale 18, Brown 0". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Brown 44, Amherst 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
6. ^ "Plays Brown". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Lost Her Chance". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 18, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Brown Loses The Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 18, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
9. ^ "Fought Like Tigers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1896. p. 2. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
10. ^ "Old Penn Defeats Brown By 16 To". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
11. ^ "Brown 10, Dartmouth 10". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
12. ^ "Close Football Game". The Fall River Daily Herald. Fall River, Massachusetts. November 4, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
13. ^ "Yale-Brown". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 7, 1896. p. 51. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
14. ^ "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1896. p. 4 - via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ "West Point 8, Brown 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 7. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
16. ^ "Other Big Games". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 22, 1896. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
17. ^ "Football". The Champaign County News. Champaign, Illinois. November 28, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 27, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
18. ^ "Beat The Indians". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, New York. November 27, 1896. p. 29. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
19. ^ "Brown 24, Carlisle 12". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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