1917 Brown Bears football team

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]

1917 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1917 record8–2
Head coach
CaptainV. A. Bowman
Home stadiumAndrews Field
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Wash. & Jeff.      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
Rhode Island State      2 4 2
Carlisle      3 6 0
Columbia      2 4 0
Cornell      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      2 6 0
Villanova      0 3 2
Temple      0 6 1

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Rhode Island State
W 27–0
October 6Johns Hopkins
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0
October 12at Holy CrossWorceseter, MAW 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
Navy Reserves
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–35
Camp Devens
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 40–0
November 17Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 19–7[3]
November 24vs. DartmouthW 13–0[4]

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. "Brown Beats Colby, 19-17, But Not Proud". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brown Defeats Dartmouth After Eleven Year Lay-Off". Elmira Star-Gazette. November 26, 1917. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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