1942 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Williams   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Boston College   –   8 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 3 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –   5 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 3 – 0
Boston University   –   4 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 5 – 3
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 5 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 6 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Manhattan   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1942 college football season.[1]

In their second season under head coach Jacob N. "Skip" Stahley, the Bears compiled a 4–4 record, and were outscored 114 to 96 by opponents. Team captains were named on a game-by-game basis.[2]

Brown was ranked at No. 103 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 28–0 9,000 [4]
October 10 at Columbia
W 28–21 17,000 [5]
October 17 Lafayette
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 7–0 10,000 [6]
October 24 at Princeton
L 13–32 15,000 [7]
October 31 at Yale
L 0–27 20,000 [8]
November 7 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–14 [2]
November 14 at Harvard
L 0–7 9,000 [9]
November 26 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13 8,000 [10]

References

  1. ^ "1942 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown Vanquishes R.I. State by 28-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 4, 1942. p. S4.
  5. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 11, 1942). "28 Points in 2d Quarter Mark Baker Field Battle". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ "Brown Sets Back Lafayette by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 18, 1942. p. S2.
  7. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 25, 1942). "Princeton Topples Brown Team, 32-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (November 1, 1942). "Yale Flashes Versatile Attack in 27-0 Rout of Brown Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ "Harvard Upsets Brown Squad, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 15, 1942. p. S3.
  10. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 27, 1942). "Colgate Crosses Goal Twice in Beating Brown 11th Straight Year". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.


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