1916 Brown Bears football team

The 1916 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In its 15th season under head coach Edward N. Robinson, Brown compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 254 to 27. The team played its home games at Andrews Field in Providence, Rhode Island.

1916 Brown Bears football
Fritz Pollard running during the Harvard-Brown football game of 1916
Conference	Independent
Record	8–1
Head coach	Edward N. Robinson (15th season)
Home stadium	Andrews Field
Seasons ← 1915 1917 →

1916 Eastern college football independents records

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

The standout player of the season was Fritz Pollard, who scored 12 touchdowns, and became the first African-American backfield player to be named to Walter Camp's College Football All-America Team.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Rhode Island State	Andrews Field Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 18–0
October 7	Trinity (CT)	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 42–0
October 14	Amherst	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 69–0
October 21	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 20–0
October 28	Rutgers	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 21–3
November 4	Vermont	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 42–0	[2]
November 11	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–6
November 18	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 21–0
November 25	Colgate	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 0–28
Source: [3]