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1917 Brown Bears football team

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1917 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainV. A. Bowman
Home stadiumAndrews Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
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
Buffalo     4 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 Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled an 8–2 and outscored opponents by a total of 160 to 62.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Rhode Island State
W 27–0[3]
October 6Johns Hopkins
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[4]
October 12at Holy CrossW 27–6[5]
October 20Boston College
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 7–2[6]
October 27Colgate
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 7–6[7]
November 3Syracuse
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–65,000[8]
November 10Newport Naval Reserves
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–35[9]
November 14Camp Devens
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 40–0[10]
November 17Colby
  • Andrews Field
  • Providence, RI
W 19–7[11]
November 24vs. DartmouthW 13–0[12]

References

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  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 Shows Speed, Blanking R. I. State, 27 To 0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. September 30, 1917. p. 14. Retrieved September 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Brown Outmaneuvers Johns Hopkins For 20-0 Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 7, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Heavy Brown Team Beats Holy Cross". The Sun. New York, N.Y. October 13, 1917. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Boston College Beaten By Brown". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Brown Just Noses Out Colgate In Great Fight". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 28, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Brown Gets A Bump, Losing To Syracuse". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1917. p. 15. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Black's Team Beats Brown". The New York Times. November 11, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "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 icon.
  11. ^ "Brown Beats Colby, 19-17, But Not Proud". The Boston Globe. November 18, 1917 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Brown Defeats Dartmouth After Eleven Year Lay-Off". Elmira Star-Gazette. November 26, 1917. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.