1926 Brown Bears football team

1926 Brown Bears football
The "Iron Men" pose for a group photo.
Conference	Independent
Record	9–0–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (1st season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ←  1925 1927  →

1926 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Lafayette			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Brown			–					9	–	0	–	1
NYU			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	1	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	0	–	2
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	1	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
Springfield			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	2
Columbia			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	2	–	2
CCNY			–					5	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	8	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Brown Bears football team, often called "the Iron Men", represented Brown University in 1926 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tuss McLaughry. The Bears compiled a 9–0–1 record, outscored their opponents 223–36, and recorded seven defensive shutouts. ^[1]

The 1926 Bears were nicknamed the "Iron Men" because of the significant play time the first squad saw in several key games. Against Yale, Brown's starters played every minute of the game without substitution and won, 7–0. The following week, the same eleven played the duration of the 10–0 win over Dartmouth, another period powerhouse. In order to rest his starters, McLaughry fielded the second string the next weekend against Norwich, and they won decisively, 27–0. A week later at Harvard Stadium, the Iron Men played 58 minutes of the 26–0 shutout of the Crimson, their third and final Ancient Eight opponent. ^[2] McLaughry sent in the substitutes for the final two minutes so that they would earn their varsity letters. ^[3] In the season's finale, Colgate held the Iron Men to a tie, 10–10. ^[2]

The 9–0–1 record remains Brown's only undefeated season to date. ^[2] Back Roy Randall and end Hal Broda were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press and United Press, respectively. ^[4] The Iron Men consisted of the following eleven players: Thurston Towle, Paul Hodge, Orland Smith, Charles Considine, Lou Farber, Ed Kevorkian, Hal Broda, Al Cornsweet, Dave Mishel, Ed Lawrence, and Roy Randall. ^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 14–0
October 2	Colby	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 35–0
October 9	Lehigh	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 32–0
October 16	Bates	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–14
October 23	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–0
October 30	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 10–0	20,000	[6]
November 6	Norwich	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–0
November 13	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 21–0
November 20	New Hampshire	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 40–12		[7] [8]
November 27	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 10–10	30,000	[9]

See also

• One-platoon system, "iron man football"

References

1. 1926 Brown Records, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 19, 2009. Archived June 22, 2009.
2. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1037, New York: ESPN Books, 2005, ISBN   1-4013-3703-1.
3. Football, Martha Mitchell’s Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Brown University, retrieved June 20, 2009.
4. ESPN, p. 1158.
5. Farber's Fame Archived August 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Brown Alumni Magazine, January/February 2002.
6. Kelley, Robert F. (October 31, 1926). "Brown Marches On, Beating Dartmouth". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S2.
7. "Straight Football Enables Brown To Win Over New Hampshire". The Baltimore Sun . AP. November 21, 1926. p. 24. Retrieved February 13, 2020– via newspapers.com.
8. "'Iron Men' Jolted By Wildcats' Score". The Boston Globe . November 22, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved February 13, 2020– via newspapers.com.
9. "Colgate-Brown: 30,000 See Battling Bruins Held to 10-10 Draw". New York Daily News. November 28, 1926. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.