1917 Brown Bears football team

The 1917 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In its 16th season under head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled an 8–2 and outscored opponents by a total of 160 to 62.[1][2]

1917 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainV. A. Bowman
Home stadiumAndrews Field
1917 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh    10 0 0
Williams    7 0 1
Yale    3 0 0
Princeton    2 0 0
Syracuse    8 1 1
Army    7 1 0
Rutgers    7 1 1
Penn    9 2 0
Brown    8 2 0
Fordham    7 2 0
Lehigh    7 2 0
Boston College    6 2 0
Swarthmore    6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson    7 3 0
Colgate    4 2 0
Harvard    3 1 3
New Hampshire    3 2 2
Dartmouth    5 3 0
Geneva    5 3 1
Penn State    5 4 0
Buffalo    4 4 0
NYU    2 2 3
Tufts    3 3 0
Carnegie Tech    2 3 1
Bucknell    3 5 1
Lafayette    3 5 0
Holy Cross    3 4 0
Rhode Island State    2 4 2
Carlisle    3 6 0
Columbia    2 4 0
Delaware    2 5 0
Cornell    3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall    2 6 0
Villanova    0 3 2
Temple    0 6 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Rhode Island State
W 27–0[3]
October 6Johns Hopkins
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[4]
October 12at Holy CrossW 27–6[5]
October 20Boston College
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 7–2[6]
October 27Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 7–6[7]
November 3Syracuse
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–65,000[8]
November 10Newport Naval Reserves
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–35[9]
November 14Camp Devens
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 40–0[10]
November 17Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 19–7[11]
November 24vs. DartmouthW 13–0[12]

References

  1. "1917 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. "Brown Shows Speed, Blanking R. I. State, 27 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved September 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Brown Outmaneuvers Johns Hopkins For 20-0 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Heavy Brown Team Beats Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 13, 1917. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Boston College Beaten By Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Brown Just Noses Out Colgate In Great Fight". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Brown Gets A Bump, Losing To Syracuse". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Black's Team Beats Brown". The New York Times. November 11, 1917 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Brown Rolls Back Engineers, 40 to 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1917. p. 6. Retrieved September 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Brown Beats Colby, 19-17, But Not Proud". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Brown Defeats Dartmouth After Eleven Year Lay-Off". Elmira Star-Gazette. November 26, 1917. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.


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