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1937 Brown Bears football team

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1937 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Connecticut StateW 20–0
October 2Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 13–6[3]
October 9at HarvardL 7–3415,000[4]
October 16DartmouthL 0–41
October 23at ColumbiaW 7–68,000[5]
October 30Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0
November 6at No. 7 YaleL 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

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  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.