1953 Brown Bears football team

The 1953 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1953 college football season.

1953 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1953 record3–5–1
Head coachAlva Kelley (3rd season)
CaptainG.E. Haverty
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Army   –    7 –1 –1
Harvard   –    6 –2 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    5 –2 –0
Yale   –    5 –2 –2
Penn State   –    6 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    5 –3 –0
Boston College   –    5 –3 –1
Boston University   –    5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –1
Princeton   –    5 –4 –0
Tufts   –    4 –3 –0
Cornell   –    4 –3 –2
Holy Cross   –    5 –5 –0
Temple   –    4 –4 –1
Colgate   –    3 –4 –2
Columbia   –    4 –5 –0
Fordham   –    4 –5 –0
Villanova   –    4 –6 –0
Drexel   –    2 –3 –1
Brown   –    3 –5 –1
Penn   –    3 –5 –1
Pittsburgh   –    3 –5 –1
Dartmouth   –    2 –7 –0
Buffalo   –    1 –5 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

In their third season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 3–5–1 record, but outscored their opponents 134 to 127. G.E. Haverty was the team captain.[1]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Amherst
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 6–7 [2]
October 3 at Yale
L 0–13 24,000 [3]
October 10 Rhode Island
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
L 13–19 8,000 [4]
October 17 at Rutgers
W 27–20 [5]
October 24 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0 13,000 [6]
October 31 at Princeton
L 13–27 15,000 [7]
November 7 Connecticut
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–7 [8]
November 14 at Harvard
L 20–27 20,500 [9]
November 21 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
T 7–7 12,000 [10]
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References
  1. "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Amherst Placement Upsets Brown by 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. September 27, 1953. p. S1.
  3. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 4, 1953). "Yale 13-to-0 Victor over Brown Team". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. "Rhode Island Wins from Brown, 19-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 11, 1953. p. S2.
  5. Blunk, Frank M. (October 18, 1953). "Uprising by Brown Tops Rutgers, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. "Brown Registers Upset over Heavily Favored Holy Cross Team at Providence". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 25, 1953. p. S4.
  7. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 1, 1953). "Princeton Victor over Brown, 27-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. "Brown Sets Back Connecticut, 42-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1953. p. S7.
  9. Blunk, Frank M. (November 15, 1953). "Crimson is Victor over Brown, 27-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Strauss, Michael (November 27, 1953). "Colgate Deadlocks Brown with Touchdown in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.
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