1915 Brown Bears football team

The 1915 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled a 5–3–1 record in the regular season, lost to Washington State in the second Rose Bowl game, and outscored all opponents by a total of 166 to 46. The team played home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

1915 Brown Bears football
1916 Rose Bowl program
Rose Bowl, L 0–14 vs. Washington State
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Edward N. Robinson (14th season)
Home stadium	Andrews Field
Seasons ← 1914 1916 →

1915 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					9	–	0	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	0	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					8	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					9	–	1	–	2
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					5	–	1	–	2
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					8	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					6	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					6	–	3	–	0
Allegheny			–					5	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	1
Middlebury			–					3	–	4	–	2
Muhlenberg			–					4	–	5	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	5	–	2
WPI			–					3	–	5	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	2
Rhode Island State			–					3	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire			–					3	–	6	–	1
Gettysburg			–					3	–	6	–	0
Rochester			–					3	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	6	–	3
Vermont			–					1	–	4	–	2
Williams			–					1	–	7	–	0

Notable players included Fritz Pollard and Wallace Wade.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Rhode Island State	Andrews Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 38–0
October 2	Trinity (CT)	Andrews Field Providence, RI	T 0–0
October 9	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–7
October 16	Williams	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 33–0
October 23	Syracuse	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–6
October 30	Vermont	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 46–0		[1]
November 6	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 3–0		[2]
November 13	Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–16
November 27	Carlisle	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 39–3
January 1, 1916	vs. Washington State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–14	10,000	[3]

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