Robert Brown
Robert Brown went 69–33–13 as a head coach, 1902–1925, at VPI, North Carolina, Washington and Lee, Tulane, New Mexico Military and New Mexico A&M. Share
21 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1902 at VPI; 1905–08 at Washington and Lee; 1909 at Tulane; 1910–17, 1919–22 at New Mexico Military; 1923–25 at New Mexico A&M. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 69–33–13 career
- Seasons
- 22
- Schools
- 6
- AP poll
- Began in 1936, after this career
- Best season
- 1904 5–2–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | VPI * | 3–2–1 | ||||
| 1903: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1904 | North Carolina | 5–2–2 | ||||
| 1905 | Washington and Lee * | 7–2 | ||||
| 1906 | Washington and Lee * | 4–1–1 | ||||
| 1907 | Washington and Lee * | 3–2–1 | ||||
| 1908 | Washington and Lee * | 5–2–1 | ||||
| 1909 | Tulane * | 4–3–2 | Bacardi L | |||
| 1910 | New Mexico Military * | 2–0 | ||||
| 1911 | New Mexico Military * | 0–1–1 | ||||
| 1912 | New Mexico Military * | 2–0 | ||||
| 1913 | New Mexico Military * | 0–2 | ||||
| 1914 | New Mexico Military * | 2–2 | ||||
| 1915 | New Mexico Military * | 1–1 | ||||
| 1916 | New Mexico Military * | 2–0 | ||||
| 1917 | New Mexico Military * | 2–0 | ||||
| 1918: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1919 | New Mexico Military * | 2–0–2 | ||||
| 1920 | New Mexico Military * | 2–1–1 | ||||
| 1921 | New Mexico Military * | 2–2 | ||||
| 1922 | New Mexico Military * | 0–4 | ||||
| 1923 | New Mexico A&M * | 9–0 | ||||
| 1924 | New Mexico A&M * | 7–3 | ||||
| 1925 | New Mexico A&M * | 5–3–1 | ||||
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 1–1–2 | 50% |
| At home | 6 | 4–0–2 | 83% |
| On the road | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 4–1–2 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own nine games on file, 1904, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Guilfordseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Binghamseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Norfolk A.C.series | 1 | 1–0 |
| Georgetownseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 0–0–1 |
| Virginiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Robert Brown’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | VPI | Head coach | |
| 1903 | VPI | Assistant coach | |
| 1904 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 1905–08 | Washington and Lee | Head coach | |
| 1909 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 1910–22 | New Mexico Military | Head coach | |
| 1923–25 | New Mexico A&M | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- C.A. LuederVirginia Tech
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.A. Lueder | Virginia Tech | 1903 | Assistant 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.