1951 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Captains
  • J. A. Martland
  • J. J. Pietro
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1951 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Geneva   –  2 –5 –0
Army   –  2 –7 –0
Brown   –  2 –7 –0
NYU   –  1 –7 –0
Tufts   –  0 –7 –2
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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 Colgatedagger
  • 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]
  • daggerHomecoming

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.
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