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1951 Brown Bears football team

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1951 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Captains
  • J. A. Martland
  • J. J. Pietro
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell     9 0 0
No. 6 Princeton     9 0 0
Susquehanna     6 0 0
Trenton State     6 0 0
Northeastern     6 0 1
No. 19 Holy Cross     8 2 0
Carnegie Tech     6 2 0
Hofstra     6 2 1
Cornell     6 3 0
No. 16 Boston University     6 4 0
Temple     6 4 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 0
Fordham     5 4 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 4 0
Penn     5 4 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Syracuse     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
Colgate     4 5 0
Dartmouth     4 5 0
Drexel     3 4 0
Harvard     3 5 1
Boston College     3 6 0
Yale     2 5 2
Pittsburgh     3 7 0
Geneva     2 5 0
Army     2 7 0
Brown     2 7 0
NYU     1 7 0
Tufts     0 7 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1951 college football season.[1]

In their first season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 222 to 124. J.A. Martland and J.J. Pietro were the team captains.[2]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Temple
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–20 8,500 [3]
October 6 at Yale W 14–13 35,000 [4]
October 13 Rhode Island
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 20–13 10,000 [5]
October 20 Colgatedagger
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–32 10,000 [6]
October 27 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 6–41 10,000 [7]
November 3 at Princeton L 0–12 21,000 [8]
November 10 Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 21–28 5,000 [9]
November 17 at Harvard L 21–34 12,000 [10]
November 24 at Columbia L 14–29 10,000 [11]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1951 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ O'Gara, Frank (September 30, 1951). "Temple Rally Beats Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 7, 1951). "Brown Stops Late Eli Drive to Register 14-13 Triumph". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "Brown Rally Tops Rhode Island, 20-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 14, 1951. p. S2.
  6. ^ "Colgate Shows Way to Brown's Eleven as Stratton's Passes Spark the Attack". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 21, 1951. p. S4.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross' Power Trims Brown, 41-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 28, 1951. p. S1.
  8. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 4, 1951). "Tigers Halt Brown by 12-0 for 19 in Row and Tie Mark". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Burns, Joe (November 11, 1951). "Rutgers Edges Brown, 28-21, in Bruising Grid Battle". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 18, 1951). "Crimson Triumphs over Brown, 34-21". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 25, 1951). "Lions' Late Surge Trims Brown, 29-14". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.