1896 Brown Bears football team

The 1896 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent in the 1896 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Wallace Moyle, Brown compiled a record of 4–5–1.

1896 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5–1
Head coach	Wallace Moyle (2nd season)
Captain	E. Colby
Home stadium	Lincoln Field, Adelaide Park

1896 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	2
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Rutgers			–					6	–	6	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	5	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
Swarthmore			–					2	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Worcester Tech	Lincoln Field Providence, RI	W 20–0	300
October 7		at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–18	1,800
October 10		Amherst	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	W 44–6	700–1,000
October 17	3:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Soldiers' Field Boston, MA	L 0–12	4,000
October 24		Lehigh	Providence, RI	W 16–0	300
October 28		at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–16	4,500
November 3		Dartmouth	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	T 10–10	1,000
November 7		Yale	Adelaide Park Providence, RI	L 6–18	2,500
November 21		at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	L 6–8	500
November 26		vs. Carlisle	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 24–12	15,000–18,000