1942 Brown Bears football team

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1942 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
←  1941
1943  →
1942 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
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

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

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. 1 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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