1940 Brown Bears football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1940 Brown Bears football Independent 6–3–1 Tuss McLaughry 15th Brown Stadium The 1940 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 94.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brown/1940.html 1940 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. 101 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings The Boston Globe Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 19, 1940 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island. Schedule y y September 28 at 1940 Wesleyan Cardinals Wesleyan Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 41-0 Powerful Brown Eleven Spoils Wesleyan Football Opener With 41-0 Victory: Card Team Demoralized At Beginning The Hartford Courant W. J. Lee September 29, 1940 IV-1, IV-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120011029/powerful-brown-eleven-spoils-wesleyan/ October 5 Rhode Island State Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry) W 20-17 14,000 Brown Barely Ekes Out Win Over Rhode Island The Harford Courant October 6, 1940 C7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120349091/brown-barely-ekes-out-win-over-rhode/ Newspapers.com October 12 Colgate Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 3-20 Colgate Humbles Brown, 20-3 New York Daily News October 13, 1940 C38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120155813/colgate-humbles-brown-20-3/ Newspapers.com October 19 1940 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 26-6 October 26 Holy Cross Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 9-6 < 4,000 Brown Nips HC, 9-6, in 4th Period New York Daily News October 27, 1940 86 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120335686/brown-nips-hc-9-6-in-4th-period/ Newspapers.com November 2 at Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT W 6-2 November 9 at Army Michie Stadium West Point, NY W 13-9 November 16 at Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 0-14 14-0 Clash To Harvard: Crimson Gridders Register Win Over Brown Rochester Democrat and Chronicle November 17, 1940 3B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120280244/14-0-clash-to-harvard-crimson-gridders/ Newspapers.com November 23 Dartmouth Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 6-20 15,000 Dartmouth Victor over Brown, 20-6 Louis Effrat November 24, 1940 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 28 Columbia Brown Stadium Providence, RI T 0-0 15,000 Columbia Holds Brown To 0-0 Tie Rochester Democrat and Chronicle November 29, 1940 32 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29299230/columbia_holds_brown_to_00_tie/ Newspapers.com References Brown Category:Brown Bears football seasons Brown Bears football