Earl Brown
Earl Brown went 27–36–6 as a head coach, 1943–1950, at Dartmouth, Merchant Marine, Canisius and Auburn. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1945 at Merchant Marine; 1946–47 at Canisius. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 27–36–6 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1943 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Dartmouth | 6–1 | 16 | |||
| 1944 | Dartmouth | 2–5–1 | ||||
| 1945 | Merchant Marine * | 5–3 | ||||
| 1946 | Canisius * | 4–3–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1947 | Canisius * | 7–2 | 1st | |||
| 1948 | Auburn | 1–8–1 | 12th | |||
| 1949 | Auburn | 2–4–3 | 8th | |||
| 1950 | Auburn | 0–10 | 12th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 2–19–3 | 15% |
| Conference games | 22 | 2–18–2 | 14% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 4–9–5 | 36% |
| At home | 15 | 4–9–2 | 33% |
| On the road | 21 | 5–14–2 | 29% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 2–5–1 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 14 | 8–4–2 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 3–24–3 | 15% |
His own 44 games on file, 1943–1950, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Drew 1948–1950 | 1–2 | Alabama | 3 | |
| Bobby Dodd 1948–1950 | 0–3 | Georgia Tech | 3 | |
| Frank Howard 1948–1950 | 0–2–1 | Clemson | 3 | |
| Henry Frnka 1948–1950 | 0–3 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Wallace Butts 1948–1950 | 0–2–1 | Georgia | 3 |
Earl Brown’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Alabamaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Mississippi Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Floridaseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Georgia Techseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Georgiaseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Brown | Ends coach | |
| 1940–42 | Harvard | Ends coach | |
| 1943–44 | Dartmouth | Head coach | |
| 1945 | Merchant Marine | Head coach | |
| 1946–47 | Canisius | Head coach | |
| 1948–50 | Auburn | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- DeOrmond McLaughryBrown
- Dick HarlowHarvard
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeOrmond McLaughry | Brown | 1939 | Ends coach | |
| Dick Harlow | Harvard | 1940–42 | Ends coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.