1928 Brown Bears football team

1928 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainA. C. Cornsweet
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1928 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   9 – 0 – 0
West Chester   –   8 – 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

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]

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.