1938 Brown Bears football team

1938 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech   –   6 – 0 – 0
No. 18 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 12 Cornell   –   5 – 1 – 1
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 0
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   3 – 2 – 3
Manhattan   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hofstra   –   2 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 6 – 1
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   3 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 6 – 0
Yale   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 5–3.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Harvard
W 20–1325,000[3]
October 8Lafayette
W 20–0
October 15at Dartmouth
L 13–34
October 22Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 40–21
October 292:00 p.m.Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 48–0[4][5]
November 5at Yale
L 14–20
November 12at No. 11 Holy Cross
L 12–14
November 2411:00 a.m.Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 36–2720,000[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "1938 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 Wins In Harvard Game, 20-13". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 2, 1938. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Brown And Tufts To Clash Today". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. October 29, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  5. ^ "Brown Crushes Tufts Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. October 30, 1938. p. 4C. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  6. ^ "Veteran Brown and Columbia Teams Clash At Providence This Morning". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. November 24, 1938. p. 30. Retrieved July 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
  7. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 25, 1938). "Columbia Loses to Brown Despite Three Touchdowns in Last Ten Minutes". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 28.
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