1938 Brown Bears football team

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]

1938 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1938 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at HarvardW 20–1325,000[3]
October 8LafayetteW 20–0
October 15at DartmouthL 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 YaleL 14–20
November 12at No. 11 Holy CrossL 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 open access.
  5. "Brown Crushes Tufts Team". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Associated Press. October 30, 1938. p. 4C. Retrieved July 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com open access.
  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 open access.
  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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