1950 Brown Bears football team

American college football season

1950 Brown Bears football

Conference| Independent
Record| 1–8
Head coach|

* Gus Zitrides (1st season)

Home stadium| Brown Stadium

Seasons

<- 1949

1951 ->

1950 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 6 Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
St. Lawrence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Thiel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 2 Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 1
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1950 college football season.[1]

In their first and only season under head coach Gus Zitrides, the Bears compiled a 1–8 record, and were outscored 271 to 147. L.H. Hill was the team captain.[2]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 30 | at Yale |

* Yale Bowl
* New Haven, CT

| L 12–36|  35,000 |  [3]
October 7 | at Holy Cross |

* Fitton Field
* Worcester, MA

| L 21–41|  20,000 |  [4]
October 14 |  Rhode Island State |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI (rivalry)

| W 55–13|  12,000 |  [5]
October 21 |  Princeton |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI

| L 0–34|  20,000 |  [6]
October 28 |  Colgate |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI

| L 34–35|  6,000 |  [7]
November 4 | at Rutgers |

* Rutgers Stadium
* Piscataway, NJ

| L 12–15|  14,000 |  [8]
November 11 | at Penn |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| L 0–50|  45,000 |  [9]
November 18 | at Harvard |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA

| L 13–14|  11,000 |  [10]
November 23 |  Columbia |

* Brown Stadium
* Providence, RI

| L 0–33|  8,000 |  [11]

## References

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1. ^ "1950 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
2. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
3. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 1, 1950). "Yale Speed Trims Brown Team, 36-12". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. ^ "Holy Cross Passes Rout Brown, 41-21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. S4.
5. ^ "Brown Easily Tops R.I. State, 55-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press. October 15, 1950. p. S2.
6. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 22, 1950). "Princeton Trims Brown Team, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. ^ "Red Raiders Outlast Brown for 35-34 Win in Wild Fray". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 8D - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Rutgers Beats Brown on Fourth-Quarter Pass in First 'Hall of Fame' Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1950. p. S3.
9. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 12, 1950). "Penn Overwhelms Brown Team, 50-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. ^ "Harvard Rallies to Whip Brown, Snap 9-Game Losing Streak, 14-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 19, 1950. p. S1.
11. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 24, 1950). "Columbia Ends Campaign with Triumph over Brown at Providence". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 40.

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* Andrews Field (1899–1924)
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