1951 Brown Bears football team

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

1951 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record2–7
Head coach
Captains
  • J.A. Martland
  • J.J. Pietro
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Bucknell   –    9 –0 –0
No. 6 Princeton   –    9 –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
Army   –    2 –7 –0
Brown   –    2 –7 –0
NYU   –    1 –7 –0
Tufts   –    0 –7 –2
Rankings from AP Poll

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
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 Colgate
  • 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]
  • Homecoming

References
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.