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American college football season
The 1898 Brown Bears football team was an
American football team that represented
Brown University as an independent during the
1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach
Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 96.
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Fred W. Murphy was the team captain.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 1 | |
Holy Cross | | W 19–0 | |
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[3] |
October 5 | |
Tufts | - Lincoln Field
- Providence, RI
| W 29–6 | |
[4]
[5] |
October 8 | | at
Penn | | L 0–18 | 5,000 |
[6] |
October 16 | |
Colby | - Lincoln Field
- Providence, RI
| W 41–5 | |
[7] |
October 19 | | at
Yale | | L 6–22 | |
[8] |
October 24 | |
Boston College | - Lincoln Field
- Providence, RI
| W 6–0 | |
[9] |
October 29 | |
Princeton | - Adelaide Park
- Providence, RI
| L 0–23 | 1,500–2,500 |
[10]
[11]
[12] |
November 5 | | Newtowne Athletic Association | Providence, RI | W 16–5 | |
[13] |
November 12 | 3:00 p.m. | at
Harvard | | L 6–17 | |
[14]
[15] |
November 21 | |
Dartmouth | - Adelaide Park
- Providence, RI
| W 12–0 | 2,000 |
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[17] |
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References
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"1898 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
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"Brown Begins Well".
The Times. Philadelphia, Pa. October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Brown 19, Holy Cross 0".
The Boston Sunday Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Brown 29, Tufts 6".
The Boston Daily Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. October 6, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Untitled". The Fall River Daily Herald.
Fall River, Massachusetts. October 6, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Penn, 18—Brown, 0".
The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1898. p. 14. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Brown 41, Colby 5".
The Boston Sunday Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. October 16, 1898. p. 16. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Yale Defeats Brown".
Hartford Courant.
Hartford, Connecticut. October 20, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Scares Brown".
The Boston Daily Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Princeton, 23; Brown, 0".
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago, Illinois. October 30, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Princeton Defeats Brown".
New-York Tribune.
New York, New York. October 30, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Princeton, 23; Brown, 0".
The Sun.
New York, New York. October 30, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Newtowne A. A. Scored".
The Boston Sunday Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Game At 3 O'clock Today".
The Boston Daily Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Harvard Weak".
The Boston Sunday Globe.
Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1898. p. 24. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Brown, 12; Dartmouth, 0".
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago, Illinois. November 22, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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"Brown's Victory". The Fall River Daily Herald.
Fall River, Massachusetts. November 22, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com
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