1919 Brown Bears football team

The 1919 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1919 college football season. Led by 18th-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a record of 5–4–1.^[1][2]

1919 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Edward N. Robinson (18th season)
Captain	R. H. Nicholas
Home stadium	Andrews Field
Seasons ← 1918 1920 →

1919 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	2
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	8	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		Rhode Island State	Andrews Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 27–0		[3]
October 4		Bowdoin	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 7–0		[4]
October 11		Colgate	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–14	5,000	[5]
October 18	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–7	23,000	[6][7][8]
October 25		Norwich	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 20–0		[9]
November 1		Syracuse	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–13		[10]
November 8	2:00 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–14	30,000	[11][12]
November 15	2:00 p.m.	vs. Dartmouth	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 7–6	20,000	[13][14][15][16]
November 22		New Hampshire	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 6–0		[17][18]
November 27		at Columbia	Marshall Field Chicago, IL	T 7–7	8,000	[19]
All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "1919 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. "Brown Sticks To Straight Football". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 29, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Brown Scores On Straight Rushes". The Sun. New York, New York. October 5, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Laird Proves Heroes Of Day, Foiling Touchdown by Foe". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. October 12, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 18, 1919). "Harvard Expects Toughest Job Yet". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 19, 1919). "Harvard Wins, 7-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
8. Webb, Melville E. Jr. (October 19, 1919). "Harvard Has Many Chances, But Fails". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
9. "Brown Wins Tough Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 26, 1919. p. 123. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
10. "Ackley Syracuse Hero; Brown Defeated by 13 to 0". The Sun. New York, New York. November 2, 1919. p. 19. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
11. "Scrappy Brown Eleven Confident Of Holding Big Blue Team Even At New Haven Today". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 8, 1919. p. 14. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
12. "Yale's Offensive Strikes Its Stride Against Brown". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1919. p. 42. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
13. Hallahan, John J. (November 15, 1919). "Green Hopes To Beat Brown Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 9. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
14. Hallahan, John J. (November 16, 1919). "Dartmouth Goes Down To Defeat". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
15. Hallahan, John J. (November 16, 1919). "Dartmouth Goes Down To Defeat (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 21. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
16. "Dartmouth's Race To Football Title Stopped By Brown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 16, 1919. p. 43. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
17. "Brown Given Fight by New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. November 23, 1919. p. 20. Retrieved February 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
18. "Brown's Touchdown Beats New Hampshire". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 23, 1919. p. 38. Retrieved February 18, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
19. "Columbia in Tie Game with Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 28, 1919. p. 17.