1921 Brown Bears football team

The 1921 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Edward N. Robinson, the Bears compiled a record of 5–3–1.[1][2]

1921 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainW. H. Shupert
Home stadiumAndrews Field
1921 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington & Jefferson    10 0 1
Lafayette    9 0 0
Cornell    8 0 0
Penn State    8 0 2
Yale    8 1 0
New Hampshire    8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall    6 1 2
Villanova    6 1 2
Carnegie Tech    7 2 0
Syracuse    7 2 0
Harvard    7 2 1
Boston University    6 2 0
Dartmouth    6 2 1
Brown    5 3 1
Bucknell    5 3 1
Geneva    5 3 1
Pittsburgh    5 3 1
Holy Cross    5 3 0
Army    6 4 0
Princeton    4 3 0
Boston College    4 3 1
Fordham    4 3 2
Penn    4 3 2
Colgate    4 4 2
Lehigh    4 4 0
Springfield    4 5 2
Vermont    3 4 0
NYU    2 3 3
Buffalo    2 3 2
Drexel    2 3 1
Rutgers    4 6 0
Rhode Island State    3 5 0
Columbia    2 6 0
Tufts    1 5 2
Duquesne    0 4 1

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Rhode Island State
W 6–0[3]
October 1Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 12–7[4]
October 8NYU
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 13–0[5]
October 15at SyracuseL 0–2820,000[6]
October 22Springfield
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
T 0–0[7][8]
October 29at YaleL 7–4520,000[9]
November 5St. Bonaventure
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 55–0[10]
November 122:00 p.m.at HarvardL 7–925,000[11][12][13]
November 19Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 14–0[14]

References

  1. "1921 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 Gets the Breaks and Wins: Score 6-0 in Hard Fight With R.I. State". The Boston Globe. September 25, 1921. p. 18 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brown Just Wins From Colby, 12-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 2, 1921. p. 18. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Brown scores twice in winning from N.Y.U." The Boston Globe. October 9, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Syracuse Defeats Brown, 28 To 0". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 16, 1921. p. 109. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Springfield Holds Brown To 0-0 Tie". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 23, 1921. p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Springfield Draws With Brunonians". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 23, 1921. p. 33. Retrieved March 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. "Brown Scores But Is Routed". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 30, 1921. p. 21. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "Brown Piles Up 55 To 0 For St. Bonaventure". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1921. p. 21. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Crimson Subs Have Bear Trap Baited". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1921. p. 7. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Harvard's Game, 9-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Harvard Defeats Brown Team, 9-7 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1921. p. 18. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. "Browns Winds Up By Defeating Colgate". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.


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