1914 Brown Bears football team

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1914 Brown Bears football
1914 Brown Bears football team.png
ConferenceIndependent
1914 record5–2–2
Head coach
  • Eddie N. Robinson (13th season)
CaptainS. K. Mitchell
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 2 – 2
Fordham   –   6 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 3 – 3
Carlisle   –   5 – 10 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 1
Duquesne   –   1 – 5 – 0

The 1914 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1914 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach Eddie N. Robinson, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 105 to 65.[1][2] The team played its home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Norwich
W 24–0[3]
October 3Rhode Island State
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0
October 10Amherst
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
T 0–0
October 15Wesleyan
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 16–0
October 24vs. Cornell
L 7–28
October 31Vermont
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–9[4]
November 7at Yale
L 6–14
November 14at Harvard
T 0–0
November 26Carlisle
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–14

Gallery[]

Images of the Cornell/Brown game at "Brush Stadium" (later re-named the Polo Grounds) in New York City, October 24, 1914
  • Program cover

    Game program

  • Football players

    Brown players in conference. Photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

  • Players

    Brown's 1914 football team. Photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

  • Football field

    Photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress

References[]

  1. ^ "1914 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Norwich Easy for Brown". The Boston Globe. September 27, 1914. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown beats Vermont, but is not gloating". The Boston Globe. November 1, 1914. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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