1929 Brown Bears football team

1929 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–5
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (4th season)
Captain	Bud Edwards
Home stadium	Brown Stadium

1929 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Springfield	Pratt Field Springfield, MA	L 6–14		[3]
October 5	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 14–6
October 12	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 13–12
October 19	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–14
October 26	Syracuse	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–6
November 2	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 15–14
November 9	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–13	20,000	[4]
November 16	Norwich	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 66–6
November 23	New Hampshire	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 14–7		[5]
November 30	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–32

References

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 .
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.