1928 Brown Bears football team

The 1928 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 8–1. Yale gave Brown its only loss on the season.[1][2]

1928 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainA. C. Cornsweet
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1928 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College    9 0 0
Villanova    7 0 1
Brown    8 1 0
No. 11 Penn    8 1 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech    7 1 0
No. 9 Army    8 2 0
Drexel    8 2 0
No. 10 NYU    8 2 0
Temple    7 1 2
Lafayette    6 1 2
Princeton    5 1 2
CCNY    4 1 2
Pittsburgh    6 2 1
Harvard    5 2 1
Tufts    5 2 1
Colgate    6 3 0
Rutgers    6 3 0
Bucknell    5 2 3
Columbia    5 3 1
Boston University    3 3 2
Cornell    3 3 2
Syracuse    4 4 1
Yale    4 4 0
Fordham    4 5 0
Franklin & Marshall    4 5 0
Penn State    3 5 1
Lehigh    3 6 0
Washington & Jefferson    2 5 2
Providence    1 5 3
Vermont    1 7 2
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6WPIW 20–0
October 13Dayton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 13–7
October 20at YaleL 14–32
October 27Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 19–13
November 3Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 6–0
November 10at DartmouthW 14–0
November 17New Hampshire
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[3]
November 24Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 33–7
November 29Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 16–13

References

  1. "1928 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 Juggernaut Triumphs Easily". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. AP. November 18, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved February 2, 2020 via newspapers.com.


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