1956 Brown
5–4 (3–4 Ivy League), coached by Alva Kelley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 20–0Sep 29
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 | at Columbia | W 20–0 | 54% |
| Oct 6 | at Yale | L 2–20 | 30% |
| Oct 13 | vs Dartmouth | L 7–14 | 60% |
| Oct 20 | at Pennsylvania | L 7–14 | 53% |
| Oct 27 | vs Rhode Island | W 27–7 | 84% |
| Nov 3 | at Princeton | L 7–21 | 16% |
| Nov 10 | vs Cornell | W 13–6 | 59% |
| Nov 17 | at Harvard | W 21–12 | 43% |
| Nov 22 | vs Colgate | W 20–0 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Colgate 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 3–4 5th in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 124–94
- Coach
- Alva Kelley
- Elo
- 1460 +44 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −12.0 No. 85 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Dick Bence
1956 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 7–0 | 8–1 | |
| Princeton | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4–3 | 4–5 | |
 Brown | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Columbia | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Harvard | 2–5 | 2–6 | |
| Cornell | 1–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.