1942 Brown Bears football team

The 1942 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1942 college football season.[1]

1942 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1942 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Williams   –  7 –1 –0
No. 19 Penn State   –  6 –1 –1
No. 8 Boston College   –  8 –2 –0
Buffalo   –  6 –2 –0
Bucknell   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  6 –2 –1
Army   –  6 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  6 –3 –0
Duquesne   –  6 –3 –1
Yale   –  5 –3 –0
Fordham   –  5 –3 –1
Penn   –  5 –3 –1
No. T–19 Holy Cross   –  5 –4 –1
Dartmouth   –  5 –4 –0
Brown   –  4 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –4 –0
Vermont   –  4 –3 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  3 –3 –0
Boston University   –  4 –5 –0
Cornell   –  3 –5 –1
Princeton   –  3 –5 –1
Temple   –  2 –5 –3
Columbia   –  3 –6 –0
Pittsburgh   –  3 –6 –0
Tufts   –  2 –5 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –  1 –4 –2
Massachusetts State   –  2 –5 –0
Harvard   –  2 –6 –1
Drexel   –  2 –6 –0
Manhattan   –  2 –6 –0
CCNY   –  1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

In their second season under head coach Jacob N. "Skip" Stahley, the Bears compiled a 4–4 record, and were outscored 114 to 96 by opponents. Team captains were named on a game-by-game basis.[2]

Brown was ranked at No. 103 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 28–0 9,000 [4]
October 10 at Columbia
W 28–21 17,000 [5]
October 17 Lafayette
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 7–0 10,000 [6]
October 24 at Princeton
L 13–32 15,000 [7]
October 31 at Yale
L 0–27 20,000 [8]
November 7 Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–14 [2]
November 14 at Harvard
L 0–7 9,000 [9]
November 26 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13 8,000 [10]

References
  1. "1942 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brown Vanquishes R.I. State by 28-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 4, 1942. p. S4.
  5. Richardson, William D. (October 11, 1942). "28 Points in 2d Quarter Mark Baker Field Battle". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. "Brown Sets Back Lafayette by 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 18, 1942. p. S2.
  7. Kelley, Robert F. (October 25, 1942). "Princeton Topples Brown Team, 32-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Nichols, Joseph C. (November 1, 1942). "Yale Flashes Versatile Attack in 27-0 Rout of Brown Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. "Harvard Upsets Brown Squad, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 15, 1942. p. S3.
  10. Kelley, Robert F. (November 27, 1942). "Colgate Crosses Goal Twice in Beating Brown 11th Straight Year". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.


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