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1892 Brown Bears football team

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1892 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–2
Head coach
CaptainR. W. Drawbridge
Home stadiumLincoln Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Brown     4 4 2
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Geneva     3 3 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Lafayette     5 7 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Syracuse     0 8 1

The 1892 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1892 college football season.[1] Led by Charles P. Howland in his first and only season as head coach, Brown compiled a record of 4–4–2.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8Worcester TechProvidence, RIW 8–4
October 123:40 p.m.at Fall River
W 24–0300[2]
October 19at Phillips AcademyAndover, MAW 6–4[3]
October 21vs. MITNew Bedford, MAL 6–30[4]
November 1Tufts
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
L 4–24300[5]
November 5Trinity (CT)
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
T 0–0300[6]
November 9MITProvidence, RIT 6–6500[7]
November 11Bowdoin
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–8[8]
November 12at Worcester TechL 0–4[9]
November 16Wesleyan
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[10]

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 Won". Fall River Globe. Fall River, Massachusetts. October 13, 1892. p. 8. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Brown Victorious". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "M. I. T., 30; Brown, 6". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 22, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Went Through The Centre". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 3, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown's Best Game". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Made Six Points Each". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Brown Disappointed". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1892. p. 2. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Polytechnic, 4; Brown, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1892. p. 4. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Wesleyan Beaten By Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 17, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.