1929 Brown Bears football team

1929 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainBud Edwards
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 2
Bucknell   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   7 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 2
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Army   –   6 – 4 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
  –   5 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   4 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 4 – 2
Princeton   –   2 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 5–5.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Springfield
L 6–14[3]
October 5Rhode Island StateW 14–6
October 12at PrincetonW 13–12
October 19at YaleL 6–14
October 26Syracuse
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–6
November 2at Holy CrossW 15–14
November 9Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 6–1320,000[4]
November 16Norwich
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 66–6
November 23New Hampshire
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 14–7[5]
November 30Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–32

References

  1. ^ "1929 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Springfield Ready For Bears' Invasion". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 28, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 10, 1929). "Dartmouth Rally Stops Brown, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "Brown Defeats New Hampshire Team". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. UP. November 24, 1929. p. 16. Retrieved February 1, 2020 – via newspapers.com.