Earl M. Brown (1916-2003) was the head coach of the Auburn Tigers from 1948-1950. He is notorious for his stretch at Auburn, where he went 3-22-4, including a record of 0-10 in his final season, when the Tigers were outscored 285-31. Brown's first season as the head coach at Auburn was also the first season Auburn and the University of Alabama met on the gridiron since 1907; Auburn lost 55-0. The next season, though, he coached Auburn to one of the greatest upsets in its history, when the Tigers, who entered the game with a record of 1-4-3 stunned heavily favored Alabama (who entered the game with a 6-2-1 record), 14-13.Brown played football and basketball at the University of Notre Dame. He was an assistant coach at Harvard, Brown, and the head coach at Dartmouth from 1942-1943, where he compiled a record of 8-6-1. In 1945, he posted a 5-3-0 record in his only season as the head coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Immediately prior to coming to Auburn, he was an assi

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