1897 Brown Bears football team

The 1897 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1897 college football season.[1] Led by Wallace Moyle in his third and final season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 7–4. The team's captain was Dave Fultz.

1897 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
CaptainDave Fultz
Home stadiumAdelaide Park
Seasons
← 1896
1898 →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     15 0 0
Princeton     10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     10 1 0
Yale     9 0 2
Buffalo     9 1 0
Harvard     10 1 1
Army     6 1 1
Vermont     3 0 2
Lafayette     9 2 1
Drexel     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 1
Dickinson     7 3 2
Swarthmore     7 3 2
Fordham     2 1 1
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 1
Brown     7 4 0
Carlisle     6 4 0
Boston College     4 3 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Bucknell     3 3 1
NYU     3 3 0
Temple     3 3 0
Trinity (CT)     4 4 1
Wesleyan     6 6 0
Tufts     6 7 0
Geneva     3 4 1
Pittsburgh College     3 5 2
Villanova     3 5 1
Penn State     3 6 0
Amherst     2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall     2 6 2
Lehigh     3 7 0
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     2 6 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 3 0

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2TuftsProvidence, RIW 24–0[2]
October 9Boston University
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 44–0[3]
October 13at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 20–4[4]
October 16Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 24–12[5]
October 20at YaleL 14–182,000[6]
October 23at HarvardL 0–188,000[7][8]
October 30Penn
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–40[9]
November 6at Newton Athletic AssociationNewton Centre, MAW 24–0[10]
November 13vs. CarlisleW 18–141,500–3,000[11][12]
November 202:55 p.m.at ArmyL 0–422,000[13][14]
November 25Wesleyan
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 12–42,000[15]

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. ^ "Brown 24, Tufts 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "Brown 44, Boston University 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Brown 20, Andover 4". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 14, 1897. p. 9. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Brown 24, Wesleyan 12". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Fierce Onslaughts: Brown's Line Was Unable to Withstand Harvard's Determined Rushes". The Boston Globe. October 24, 1897. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.(attendance 8,000 at Soldiers Field)
  8. ^ "Harvard's Football Giants Keep Brown From Scoring: Crimson's Men Piled Up 18 Points, and Their Line Was Impenetrable". Boston Post. October 24, 1897. pp. 1, 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  9. ^ "And Now The Great Brown Team Falls Before Penn To The Tune Of 40 Points". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1897. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "All In One Half". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 7, 1897. p. 20. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Brown Kicks To Victory". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Brown 18, Carlisle 14". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1897. p. 6. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  13. ^ "West Point Cadets Beat Brown, 42 to 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Easy For West Point". The Sun. New York, New York. November 21, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Brown Wins Another". The Buffalo Courier-Record. Buffalo, New York. November 26, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .