1878 Brown Bears football team

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1878 Brown Bears football
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ConferenceIndependent
Record0–1
Head coach
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Seasons
1880  
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton   6 0 0
Yale   4 1 1
Columbia   0 0 1
CCNY   1 1 0
Stevens   1 1 2
Harvard   1 2 0
Penn   1 2 1
Rutgers   1 2 1
Amherst   1 3 0
Brown   0 1 0
Swarthmore   0 1 0

The 1878 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 1878 college football season. The team traveled to Amherst, Massachusetts and played the Amherst in their first football game. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 13at Amherst
L 0–1 [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Dates to Remember - Brown". Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. "Foot-Ball at Amherst". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. Amherst College Olio 1880. 1880. p. 83. Retrieved December 1, 2020.