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1908 Brown Bears football team

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1908 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1907
1909 →
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     11 0 1
Harvard     9 0 1
Cornell     7 1 1
Fordham     5 1 0
Yale     7 1 1
Dartmouth     6 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 2 1
Army     6 1 2
Pittsburgh     8 3 0
Lafayette     6 2 2
Princeton     5 2 3
Syracuse     6 3 1
Brown     5 3 1
Temple     3 2 1
Colgate     4 3 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Dickinson     5 4 0
Amherst     3 3 2
Holy Cross     4 4 0
Penn State     5 5 0
Vermont     3 3 3
Wesleyan     3 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 4 1
NYU     2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 1
Bucknell     3 5 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Carnegie Tech     3 7 0
Geneva     1 6 2
Tufts     1 6 1
Villanova     1 6 0
Drexel     0 7 0

The 1908 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1908 college football season. Led by second-year head coach J. A. Gammons, Brown compiled a record of 5–3–1.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19New Hampshire
W 34–0
September 26Bates
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 35–4
October 3Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0[2]
October 10Bowdoin
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–0
October 17at PennL 0–1210,000[3]
October 24Lafayette
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–8
October 31at HarvardL 2–6
November 7at YaleT 10–10
November 14Vermont
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–0[4]

References

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  1. ^ "1908 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Brown 6, Colgate 0: Sixty – yards End Run by Capt Mayhew in First Minute of Play Results in Only Score". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 4, 1908. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Penn Has an Easy Victory: Brown Is Beaten by Penn 12 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1908. p. 10b – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown 12, Vermont 0". The New York Times. November 15, 1908. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.