1936 Brown Bears football team

1936 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–7
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (11th season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium

1936 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 3–7.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Connecticut State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–27
October 3	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 7–6
October 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–28	8,000
October 17	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–34
October 24	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–48
October 31	Tufts	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 38–7
November 7	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–14
November 14	No. 17 Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–17
November 21	Colby	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 19–6
November 28	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–32
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game