1953 Brown Bears football team

1953 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainG.E. Haverty
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westminster (PA)     8 0 0
Juniata     7 0 0
No. 14 Army     7 1 1
Harvard     6 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     5 2 0
Hofstra     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 0
Yale     5 2 2
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
Bucknell     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

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

  1. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.