1902 Brown Bears football team

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1902 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAncil D. Brown
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 →
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ursinus     9 0 0
Yale     11 0 1
Geneva     7 0 0
Harvard     11 1 0
Princeton     8 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Frankin & Marshall     7 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 1
Syracuse     6 2 1
Carlisle     8 3 0
Cornell     8 3 0
Lafayette     8 3 0
Amherst     7 3 0
Penn State     7 3 0
Penn     9 4 0
Lehigh     7 3 1
Vermont     5 3 2
Colgate     5 3 1
NYU     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Columbia     6 4 1
Springfield Training School     3 2 1
Villanova     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 1
Swarthmore     6 6 0
Western U. of Penn.     5 6 1
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Buffalo     3 5 1
Tufts     4 6 1
Fordham     2 4 1
Wesleyan     3 6 1
Rutgers     3 7 0
Navy     2 7 1
Drexel     1 4 1
Temple     1 4 1
Pittsburgh College     1 6 0
Boston College     0 8 0

The 1902 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. Led by first-year head coach J. A. Gammons, Brown compiled a record of 5–4–1.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Vermont
T 0–0[2]
October 4Wesleyan
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 5–0
October 11Yale
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–10[3]
October 18at PennW 15–6
October 25at HarvardL 0–6
November 1at Lafayette
L 5–6
November 5Tufts
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 45–12
November 8at ColumbiaW 28–0[4]
November 15Springfield Training School
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 11–0[5][6]
November 23at DartmouthL 6–12

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1902 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brown 0, U.V.M. 0". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1902. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Yale, 10; Brown, 0". The New York Times. October 12, 1902. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown, 28; Columbia, 0". The New York Times. November 9, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown 11, Springfield 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1903. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Defeats Training School". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 16, 1902. p. 10. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.