1939 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJ. J. McLaughry
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 188 to 91.[1][2]

Brown was ranked at No. 62 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Rhode Island State
W 34–010,000[4][5]
October 7Amherst
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–148,000[4][5]
October 14at Colgate
L 0–10[6]
October 212:00 p.m.Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–2018,000[7][8]
October 28at Princeton
L 12–2625,000[9]
November 4Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 54–7[10]
November 11at Yale
T 14–1432,000[11]
November 18Connecticut
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 41–0[12]
November 30Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 13–0[13]

References

  1. ^ "1939 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. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Powerful Brown Opens With Rams: Rhode Island State Expected to Uncork Tricky Attack". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Smashing Overland Attack By Brown Beats Rhode Island State Team, 34-0". The Hartford Courant. October 1, 1939. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Colgate Clips Brown, 10-0, On Pass, Kick". New York Daily News. October 15, 1939. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "College Football Lineups Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Holy Cross Rips Brown Apart, 20-0". New York Daily News. October 22, 1939. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Princeton Beats Brown, 26 to 12". New York Daily News. October 29, 1939. p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brown Parades Over Tufts, 54-7". New York Daily News. November 5, 1939. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Yale, Brown Wage 14-14 Deadlock". New York Daily News. November 12, 1939. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Robert Zaiman (November 19, 1939). "Brown Eleven Sweeps Through Outclassed University Of Connecticut Team, 41-0". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Jack Casey (December 1, 1939). "Superior Manpower Gives Brown Victory Over Rutgers Eleven: Injuries Lead To 13-0 Defeat In Closing Tilt". The Daily Home News. p. 29.


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