1901 Brown Bears football team

The 1901 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1901 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 4–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 212 to 70. William Penn Bates was the team captain.^[1]

1901 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–7–1
Head coach	Edward N. Robinson (4th season)
Captain	William Penn Bates
Home stadium	Andrews Field
Seasons ← 1900 1902 →

1901 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					12	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					11	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					11	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					10	–	1	–	0
Massachusetts			–					9	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					9	–	1	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					7	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					7	–	1	–	1
Army			–					5	–	1	–	2
Western U. of Penn			–					7	–	2	–	1
Lafayette			–					9	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					8	–	2	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					7	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					10	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	2	–	0
Columbia			–					8	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					5	–	5	–	1
Carlisle			–					5	–	7	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	7	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					1	–	8	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	11	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	7	–	0

The team played its home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Boston College	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 12–0		[2]
October 2	Colby	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 16–0		[3]
October 5	Syracuse	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–20	500	[4]
October 9	Manhattan College	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 6–5		[5]
October 12	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–26	10,000	[6]
October 19	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–35		[7]
October 26	Holy Cross	Andrews Field Providence, RI	T 6–6		[8]
November 2	at Harvard	Soldier's Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–48	5,000	[9]
November 5	at Homestead Library & Athletic Club	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–34		[10]
November 9	Lafayette	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 6–11		[11]
November 16	Union (NY)	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 24–5		[12]
November 28	Dartmouth	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–22	6,000	[13]

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