1929 Brown Bears football team

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]

1929 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainBud Edwards
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1929 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Brown    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

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.
  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.


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