The 1955 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1955 college football season.
| 1955 Brown Bears football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 2–7 (2–4 Ivy) |
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| Captain | J. McGuinness |
| Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their fifth season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 2–7 record, and were outscored 139 to 88. J. McGuinness was the team captain.[1]
This would be Brown's final year as a football independent, as the Ivy League, which Brown had helped co-found in 1954, began football competition in 1956. Six of the nine opponents on Brown's 1955 schedule were Ivy League members (with Penn the only Ivy not scheduled); for decades, (future) Ivy members had comprised about half of Brown's opponents annually.
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 24 | at Columbia | L 12–14 | 8,000 | [2] | |
| October 1 | at Yale | L 20–27 | 22,000 | [3] | |
| October 8 | Dartmouth |
| W 7–0 | 15,000 | [4] |
| October 15 | Rutgers |
| L 12–14 | 12,000 | [5] |
| October 22 | Rhode Island |
| L 7–19 | 16,000 | [6] |
| October 29 | at Princeton | L 7–14 | 22,500 | [7] | |
| November 5 | Cornell |
| L 7–20 | 2,500 | [8] |
| November 12 | at Harvard | W 14–6 | 16,500 | [9] | |
| November 24 | Colgate |
| L 0–25 | [10] |
References
edit- ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Danzig, Allison (September 24, 1955). "Lions Top Brown; Columbia Rallies for 14-to-12 Victory in Opening Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 2, 1955). "Elis' 3-Touchdown Rally Sets Back Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (October 9, 1955). "Brown Sets Back Dartmouth by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Fleming, Jimmie (October 16, 1955). "Scarlet Scores 14-12 Victory over Brown". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rhode Island Jars Brown, 19-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 23, 1955. p. S4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1955). "Princeton's Team Trips Brown, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 6, 1955). "Cornell Is Victor over Brown, 20-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Briordy, William J. (November 13, 1955). "Bruins Gain 14-6 Triumph as Balogh's Passes Excel". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 25, 1955). "Colgate Crushes Brown; Alert Red Raiders Capitalize on Fumbles for 25-0 Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 39.