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1899 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–1
Head coach
CaptainHenry S. Pratt
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1899 college football season.[1] Led by second-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a record of 7–3–1. The team's captain was Henry S. Pratt.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Holy Cross
W 19–0[2]
October 4Tufts
W 6–0[3]
October 7PennProvidence, RIT 6–61,000–2,000[4][5]
October 14CampelloProvidence, RIW 25–0350[6]
October 213:00 p.m.at Harvard
L 0–117,000–8,000[7][8][9]
October 28at Newton Athletic AssociationProvidence, RIW 35–0[10]
November 43:15 p.m.at Princeton
L 6–183,500[11][12]
November 11MIT
  • Brown Field
  • Providence, RI
W 38–0[13][14]
November 18Boston CollegeProvidence, RIW 18–0400[15]
November 252:00 p.m.DartmouthProvidence, RIW 16–5[16][17]
November 30at Chicago
L 6–1710,000[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown, 17; Holy Cross, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, N.Y. October 1, 1899. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brown 6, Tufts 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "U. Of P. Tied". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 8, 1899. p. 22. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Brown Played Quakers A Tie". The Philadelphia Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 8, 1899. p. 11. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown 25, Campello 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1899. p. 20. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Harvard---Brown". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Harvard's Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Harvard's Game (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Brown 35, Newton 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Princeton Downed Brown". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. November 5, 1899. p. 14. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Princeton Wins". Sunday Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. November 5, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Brown Vs Technology". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 11, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "Brown 38, M. I. T. 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Brown 18, Boston College 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 19, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ "Brown Vs Dartmouth". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1899. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Brown Defeats Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 26, 1899. p. 12. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Stagg's Men Win". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. December 1, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Stagg's Men Win (continued)". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. December 1, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved March 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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