1939 Brown Bears football team

American college football season

1939 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (14th season)
Captain	J. J. McLaughry
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons← 1938 1940 →

1939 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell		–		8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne		–		8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	0	–	1
Scranton		–		7	–	0	–	2
Princeton		–		7	–	1	–	0
La Salle		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham		–		6	–	2	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra		–		4	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	3	–	2
Vermont		–		3	–	3	–	2
Tufts		–		3	–	4	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	4	–	1
Army		–		3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Providence		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	5	–	2
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	7	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		0	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 188 to 91.

Brown was ranked at No. 62 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30		Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 34–0	10,000
October 7		Amherst	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–14	8,000
October 14		at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–10	8,500
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–20	18,000
October 28		at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 12–26	25,000
November 4		Tufts	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 54–7	3,000
November 11		at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 14–14	32,000
November 18		Connecticut	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 41–0	3,000
November 30		Rutgers	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 13–0
All times are in Eastern time

References

"1939 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
"Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Powerful Brown Opens With Rams: Rhode Island State Expected to Uncork Tricky Attack". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Smashing Overland Attack By Brown Beats Rhode Island State Team, 34-0". The Hartford Courant. October 1, 1939. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
Wilbur W. O'Brien, "Colgate Stuns Brown with 10–0 Defeat: Geyer Features Raider Conquest," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Oct. 15, 1939, p. 4B.
"Colgate Clips Brown, 10-0, On Pass, Kick". New York Daily News. October 15, 1939. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
"College Football Lineups Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
"Holy Cross Rips Brown Apart, 20-0". New York Daily News. October 22, 1939. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
"Princeton Beats Brown, 26 to 12". New York Daily News. October 29, 1939. p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
Associated Press, "Brown 54, Tufts 7," New York Daily News, Nov. 5, 1939, p. 234.
"Brown Parades Over Tufts, 54-7". New York Daily News. November 5, 1939. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
"Yale, Brown Wage 14-14 Deadlock". New York Daily News. November 12, 1939. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
Associated Press, "Brown Too Strong for Connecticut, 41–0," Springfield Daily Republican, Nov. 19, 1939, p. 8.
Robert Zaiman (November 19, 1939). "Brown Eleven Sweeps Through Outclassed University Of Connecticut Team, 41-0". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
Jack Casey (December 1, 1939). "Superior Manpower Gives Brown Victory Over Rutgers Eleven: Injuries Lead To 13-0 Defeat In Closing Tilt". The Daily Home News. p. 29.

v t e Brown Bears football
Venues	Andrews Field (1899–1924) Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium (1925–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1916 Rose Bowl Rhode Island
Culture & lore	Band Bruno "Ever True to Brown"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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