1937 Brown Bears football team

The 1937 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 5–4.[1][2]

1937 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1937 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –  9 –0 –1
No. 6 Villanova   –  8 –0 –1
No. 3 Fordham   –  7 –0 –1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –  7 –0 –2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –  8 –0 –2
St. Thomas (PA)   –  6 –1 –1
No. 12 Yale   –  6 –1 –1
Army   –  7 –2 –0
Boston University   –  6 –2 –0
Cornell   –  5 –2 –1
Harvard   –  5 –2 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –2 –1
CCNY   –  5 –2 –0
No. 12 Manhattan   –  6 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –3 –0
Duquesne   –  6 –4 –0
Brown   –  5 –4 –0
NYU   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  3 –2 –4
Boston College   –  4 –4 –1
Bucknell   –  3 –3 –2
Buffalo   –  4 –4 –0
Princeton   –  4 –4 –0
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  2 –5 –2
Hofstra   –  2 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  2 –5 –1
Penn   –  2 –5 –1
Providence   –  2 –6 –0
Vermont   –  2 –6 –0
La Salle   –  2 –7 –0
Massachusetts State   –  1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Connecticut State
W 20–0
October 2Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 13–6[3]
October 9at Harvard
L 7–3415,000[4]
October 16Dartmouth
L 0–41
October 23at Columbia
W 7–68,000[5]
October 30Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0
November 6at No. 7 Yale
L 0–19
November 13 No. 19 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–7
November 25Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 7–610,000[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1937 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 Beats Rhode Island". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 3, 1937. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Harvard Air Bombardment Drubs Defenseless Brown". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 10, 1937. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Richardson, William D. (October 24, 1937). "Brown Drive for 93 Yards Nips Columbia Eleven, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. "Brown downs Rutgers, 7–6, with drive on to oust coach "Tuss" McLaughry". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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