1919 Brown Bears football team

1919 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainR. H. Nicholas
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1918
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1919 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 1 – 1
New Hampshire   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 0
Williams   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 2
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 4 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 4 – 2
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   0 – 8 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1919 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a record of 5–4–1.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Rhode Island State
W 27–0[3]
October 4Bowdoin
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 7–0[4]
October 11Colgate
L 0–145,000[5]
October 183:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–723,000[6][7][8]
October 25Norwich
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[9]
November 1Syracuse
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13[10]
November 82:00 p.m.at Yale
L 0–1430,000[11][12]
November 152:00 p.m.vs. Dartmouth
W 7–620,000[13][14][15][16]
November 22New Hampshire
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[17][18]
November 27at Columbia
T 7–78,000[19]

References

  1. ^ "1919 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Brown Sticks To Straight Football". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brown Scores On Straight Rushes". The Sun. New York, New York. October 5, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Laird Proves Heroes Of Day, Foiling Touchdown by Foe". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 12, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 18, 1919). "Harvard Expects Toughest Job Yet". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 19, 1919). "Harvard Wins, 7-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 19, 1919). "Harvard Has Many Chances, But Fails". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Brown Wins Tough Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 26, 1919. p. 123. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Ackley Syracuse Hero; Brown Defeated by 13 to 0". The Sun. New York, New York. November 2, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Scrappy Brown Eleven Confident Of Holding Big Blue Team Even At New Haven Today". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1919. p. 14. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Yale's Offensive Strikes Its Stride Against Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1919. p. 42. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Hallahan, John J. (November 15, 1919). "Green Hopes To Beat Brown Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Hallahan, John J. (November 16, 1919). "Dartmouth Goes Down To Defeat". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ Hallahan, John J. (November 16, 1919). "Dartmouth Goes Down To Defeat (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 21. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Dartmouth's Race To Football Title Stopped By Brown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 16, 1919. p. 43. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Brown Given Fight by New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. November 23, 1919. p. 20. Retrieved February 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Brown's Touchdown Beats New Hampshire". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 23, 1919. p. 38. Retrieved February 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Columbia in Tie Game with Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 28, 1919. p. 17.


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