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1928 Brown Bears football team

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1928 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainA. C. Cornsweet
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
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

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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

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  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.