1893 Brown Bears football team

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1893 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainW. B. Hopkins
Home stadiumLincoln Field
Seasons
← 1892
1894 →
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
Brown     6 3 0
Carlisle     2 1 0
Delaware     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[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at YaleL 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 HarvardL 0–582,500[6][7]
November 8MIT
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 36–01,200[8]
November 18at MITW 28–6400[9]
November 23Tufts
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 30–01,400[10]

References[edit]

  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.