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
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Alva Kelley (1st season)
Captains	J. A. Martland J. J. Pietro
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1950 1952 →

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Temple	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 14–20	8,500	[3]
October 6	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	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	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–12	21,000	[8]
November 10	Rutgers	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 21–28	5,000	[9]
November 17	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 21–34	12,000	[10]
November 24	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	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.