1898 Brown Bears football team

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The 1898 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edward N. Robinson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 96.[1] Fred W. Murphy was the team captain.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Headcoach
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1898 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainFred W. Murphy
Home stadiumLincoln Field, Adelaide Park
Seasons
← 1897
1899 â†’
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1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 11–0–0
Drexel â€“ 7–0–0
Princeton â€“ 11–0–1
Penn â€“ 12–1–0
Buffalo â€“ 8–1–0
Cornell â€“ 10–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 9–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–0
Yale â€“ 9–2–0
Dickinson â€“ 8–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–2–1
Wesleyan â€“ 7–3–0
Western Penn. â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 6–4–0
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–0
Penn State â€“ 6–4–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 6–4–1
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Vermont â€“ 3–2–1
Holy Cross â€“ 5–4–1
Bucknell â€“ 4–4–3
Fordham â€“ 1–1–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–4–2
New Hampshire â€“ 4–4–0
Amherst â€“ 4–5–1
Villanova â€“ 2–4–1
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–1
Boston College â€“ 2–5–1
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–5–0
Lafayette â€“ 3–8–0
NYU â€“ 1–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–6–1
Tufts â€“ 1–9–0
Geneva â€“ 0–6–1
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Holy Cross
W 19–0[2][3]
October 5Tufts
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 29–6[4][5]
October 8at PennL 0–185,000[6]
October 16Colby
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 41–5[7]
October 19at YaleL 6–22[8]
October 24Boston College
  • Lincoln Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[9]
October 29Princeton
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
L 0–231,500–2,500[10][11][12]
November 5Newtowne Athletic AssociationProvidence, RIW 16–5[13]
November 123:00 p.m.at HarvardL 6–17[14][15]
November 21Dartmouth
  • Adelaide Park
  • Providence, RI
W 12–02,000[16][17]
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