1939 Brown Bears football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Brown Bears football Independent 5–3–1 Tuss McLaughry 14th J. J. McLaughry Brown Stadium 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.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brown/1939.html 1939 Brown Bears Schedule and Results College Football at Sports-Reference.com College Football at Sports-Reference.com October 17, 2018Brown Bears Football Media Guide http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/brow/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FootballMediaGuide.pdf brownbears.com October 17, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20121025083256/http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/brow/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FootballMediaGuide.pdf October 25, 2012 dead Brown was ranked at No. 62 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com Schedule Eastern y y y September 30 Rhode Island State Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry) W 34-0 10,000 Powerful Brown Opens With Rams: Rhode Island State Expected to Uncork Tricky Attack The Boston Globe September 30, 1939 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122127740/powerful-brown-opens-with-rams-rhode/ Newspapers.comSmashing Overland Attack By Brown Beats Rhode Island State Team, 34-0 The Hartford Courant October 1, 1939 C5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122128103/smashing-overland-attack-by-brown-beats/ Newspapers.com October 7 1939 Amherst Lord Jeffs Amherst Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 20-14 8,000 October 14 at Colgate Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY L 0-10 8,500 Wilbur W. O'Brien, "Colgate Stuns Brown with 10–0 Defeat: Geyer Features Raider Conquest," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Oct. 15, 1939, p. 4B.Colgate Clips Brown, 10-0, On Pass, Kick New York Daily News October 15, 1939 94 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122110528/colgate-clips-brown-10-0-on-pass-kick/ Newspapers.com October 21 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 0-20 18,000 College Football Lineups Today https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/126004323/ The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 21, 1939 6 June 7, 2023 Newspapers.com Holy Cross Rips Brown Apart, 20-0 New York Daily News October 22, 1939 98 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122107618/holy-cross-rips-brown-apart-20-0/ Newspapers.com October 28 at Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 12-26 25,000 Princeton Beats Brown, 26 to 12 New York Daily News October 29, 1939 C41 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122160404/princeton-beats-brown-26-to-12/ Newspapers.com November 4 1939 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 54-7 3,000 Associated Press, "Brown 54, Tufts 7," New York Daily News, Nov. 5, 1939, p. 234.Brown Parades Over Tufts, 54-7 New York Daily News November 5, 1939 96 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122126695/brown-parades-over-tufts-54-7/ Newspapers.com November 11 at Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT T 14-14 32,000 Yale, Brown Wage 14-14 Deadlock New York Daily News November 12, 1939 C38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122159735/yale-brown-wage-14-14-deadlock/ Newspapers.com November 18 Connecticut Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 41-0 3,000 Associated Press, "Brown Too Strong for Connecticut, 41–0," Springfield Daily Republican, Nov. 19, 1939, p. 8.Brown Eleven Sweeps Through Outclassed University Of Connecticut Team, 41-0 The Hartford Courant Robert Zaiman November 19, 1939 IV-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122246205/brown-eleven-sweeps-through-outclassed/ Newspapers.com November 30 Rutgers Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 13-0 Superior Manpower Gives Brown Victory Over Rutgers Eleven: Injuries Lead To 13-0 Defeat In Closing Tilt The Daily Home News Jack Casey December 1, 1939 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122246340/superior-manpower-gives-brown-victory/ References Brown Category:Brown Bears football seasons Brown Bears football