1917 Brown Bears football team

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1917 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record8–2
Head coach
  • Eddie N. Robinson (16th season)
CaptainV. A. Bowman
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
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

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 Eddie N. Robinson, Brown compiled an 8–2 and outscored opponents by a total of 160 to 62.[1][2]

Schedule[]

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

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. ^ "Black's Team Beats Brown". The New York Times. November 11, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Brown Beats Colby, 19-17, But Not Proud". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brown Defeats Dartmouth After Eleven Year Lay-Off". Elmira Star-Gazette. November 26, 1917. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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