1937 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 5–4.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Connecticut State
W 20–0
October 2Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 13–6[3]
October 9at Harvard
L 7–3415,000[4]
October 16Dartmouth
L 0–41
October 23at Columbia
W 7–68,000[5]
October 30Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0
November 6at No. 7 Yale
L 0–19
November 13 No. 19 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–7
November 25Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 7–610,000[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Brown Beats Rhode Island". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 3, 1937. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Harvard Air Bombardment Drubs Defenseless Brown". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 10, 1937. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 24, 1937). "Brown Drive for 93 Yards Nips Columbia Eleven, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ "Brown downs Rutgers, 7–6, with drive on to oust coach "Tuss" McLaughry". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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