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1924 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainJ. H. Sheldon
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Yale   –   6 – 0 – 2
No. 8 Penn   –   9 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   7 – 1 – 1
Army   –   5 – 1 – 2
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 1 – 3
Boston College   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 1
Springfield   –   4 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Villanova   –   2 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1924 college football season. Led by 23rd-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, the Bears compiled a record of 5–4.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Colby
W 45–0[3]
October 11at Chicago
L 7–1926,000[4]
October 24Boston University
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 35–0[5]
October 252:30 p.m.at Yale
L 3–1345,000[6][7][8]
November 1at Dartmouth
L 3–10[9]
November 8Haskell
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 13–17[10]
November 152:00 p.m.at Harvard
W 7–0[11][12][13][14]
November 22New Hampshire
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 21–0[15]
November 27Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–6[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "1924 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 Smothers Colby By 45 To 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 5, 1924. p. 21. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brown's Invasion Of The West A Failure". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Bears Romp To Easy Victory: Backs Run Wild to Rout B.U. Outfit, 35 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1924. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yale And Brown Complete Three Decades of Grid Matches When They Meet In Bownl Today". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 25, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Yale Turns Defeat Info Victory in Last Four Minutes Of Play, Beating Brown 13 to 3". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 26, 1924. p. 1B. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Yale Pulls Game Out Of Fire (continued)". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 26, 1924. p. 2B. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Sage Proves Hero As Big Green Wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1924. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Indians Upset Brown, 17 To 13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 9, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Crimson Faces Gruelling Test". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Brown Beats Harvard For Third Time In A Row". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Brown Wins From Harvard Again, 7-0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 21. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Smith, J. C. (November 16, 1924). "Bear Tracks In The Stadium". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire Bows to Brown". The Boston Globe. November 23, 1924. p. 24. Retrieved February 13, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Keefer Stars As Brown Wins, 20-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "Keefer Stars As Brown Wins, 20-6 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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