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1929 Brown Bears football team

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1929 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
CaptainBud Edwards
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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]

Schedule

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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

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  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 icon.
  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.