1950 Brown Bears football team

1950 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–8
Head coach	Gus Zitrides (1st season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ←  1949 1951  →

1950 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Franklin & Marshall			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Thiel			–					7	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Army			–					8	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	5	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	6	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	5	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Harvard			–					1	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Boston College			–					0	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1950 college football season. ^[1]

In their first and only season under head coach Gus Zitrides, the Bears compiled a 1–8 record, and were outscored 271 to 147. L.H. Hill was the team captain. ^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 12–36	35,000	[3]
October 7	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 21–41	20,000	[4]
October 14	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 55–13	12,000	[5]
October 21	Princeton	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–34	20,000	[6]
October 28	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 34–35	6,000	[7]
November 4	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 12–15	14,000	[8]
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–50	45,000	[9]
November 18	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–14	11,000	[10]
November 23	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–33	8,000	[11]

References

1. "1950 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. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 1, 1950). "Yale Speed Trims Brown Team, 36-12". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. "Holy Cross Passes Rout Brown, 41-21". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. S4.
5. "Brown Easily Tops R.I. State, 55-13". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press. October 15, 1950. p. S2.
6. Strauss, Michael (October 22, 1950). "Princeton Trims Brown Team, 34-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. "Red Raiders Outlast Brown for 35-34 Win in Wild Fray". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 29, 1950. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Rutgers Beats Brown on Fourth-Quarter Pass in First 'Hall of Fame' Game". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 5, 1950. p. S3.
9. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 12, 1950). "Penn Overwhelms Brown Team, 50-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. "Harvard Rallies to Whip Brown, Snap 9-Game Losing Streak, 14-13". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 19, 1950. p. S1.
11. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 24, 1950). "Columbia Ends Campaign with Triumph over Brown at Providence". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 40.