1927 Brown Bears football team

The 1927 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 3–6–1.^[1][2]

1927 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–6–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (2nd season)
Captain	R. E. Randall
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tufts			–					8	–	0	–	0
Springfield			–					7	–	0	–	2
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. 6 Army			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
NYU			–					7	–	1	–	2
Princeton			–					6	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	1
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	3
CCNY			–					4	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	4	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Boston University			–					3	–	4	–	1
Drexel			–					3	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	6	–	1
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	4	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	7	–	1
Lehigh			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 17–0		[3]
October 1	Albright	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–0
October 8	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–14
October 15	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–19	40,000	[4]
October 22	Lebanon Valley	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 12–13
October 29	Temple	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–7		[5]
November 5	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–10	20,000	[6]
November 12	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–18
November 19	New Hampshire	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 31–13		[7]
November 26	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 0–0

References

1. "1927 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 iron men crush Rhode Island". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1927. p. S4. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Yale 19, Brown 0, As Bulldog Turns on Bear, Led by Bruce Caldwell". The Hartford Courant. October 16, 1927. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Brown Outgains Temple But I Beaten, 7 To 0". The Hartford Courant. October 30, 1927. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Kelley, Robert F. (November 6, 1927). "Dartmouth Routs Brown Eleven, 19-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.
7. "Brown Scores 31-13 Win Over New Hampshire". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1927. p. 15. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via newspapers.com.