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Brown

IVY · 1956 Season · Final

Struggling
Record
5–4
0.556 Win %
Conference
4th
3–4 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1878–1981
All-Time Record
431–392–35
0.523 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#8
1880
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 4 · Top 25: 18
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 17 seasons · 3 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Brown head-to-head · History & Eras

1956 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 2Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY3–6W 20–0
7Week 7 · Oct 9Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1L 2–20
8Week 8 · Oct 16Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY5–3–1L 7–14
9Week 9 · Oct 23Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY4–5L 7–14
10Week 10 · Oct 30RHODE ISLANDUnranked—W 27–7
11Week 11 · Nov 6Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY7–2L 7–21
12Week 12 · Nov 13Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY1–8W 13–6
13Week 13 · Nov 20Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY2–6W 21–12
14Week 14 · Nov 27Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI4–5W 20–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
3.339
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-1
-11+10
  • Colgate +4
  • Columbia +3
  • Harvard +2
  • Cornell +1
  • Yale -1
  • Princeton -2
  • Dartmouth -3
  • Pennsylvania -5

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #51Better than 64%
Win % Place 48thBetter than 66%

0.556 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#50W14#52Regular Season Final#51Post-Season W1#51Post-Season W4#51Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+20
-18
-7
-7
+20
-14
+7
+9
+20

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#1011951#1021952#911953#411954#951955

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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