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1952 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainM. Matteodo
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1952 college football season.[1] In their second season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 220 to 89. M. Matteodo was the team captain.[2] Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 at Yale
L 0–28 22,500 [3]
October 11 Rhode Island
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
L 6–7 12,000 [4]
October 18 at Holy Cross
L 0–46 7,500 [5]
October 25 at Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 7–19 4,500 [6]
November 1 at Princeton
L 0–39 13,000 [7]
November 8 Connecticut
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 21–13 4,500 [8]
November 15 Harvard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 28–21 12,000 [9]
November 22 at Columbia
L 0–14 4,000 [10]
November 27 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 27–33 7,000 [11]

References

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  1. ^ "1952 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. ^ Briordy, William J. (October 5, 1952). "Yale Aerial Attack Checks Brown, 28-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Rhode Island Kick Topples Brown, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 12, 1952. p. S1.
  5. ^ Fitzgerald, Tom (October 19, 1952). "Holy Cross Rambles to 46-0 Triumph over Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers Rallies to Vanquish Brown for First Victory of Football Campaign". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 26, 1952. p. S7.
  7. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 2, 1952). "Princeton Trounces Brown, 39-0, as Tiger Coach Uses Entire Bench". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ "Brown Sets Back Connecticut, 21-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 9, 1952. p. S2.
  9. ^ "Brown's Football Squad Registers First Triumph over Harvard Since 1949". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 16, 1952. p. S2.
  10. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 23, 1952). "Lions Beat Brown in Finale, 14 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Strauss, Michael (November 28, 1952). "Colgate Defeats Brown; Red Raiders Down Bruins, 33-27, on Lalla's Fourth-Quarter Aerial". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.


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