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1938 Brown Bears football team

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1938 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
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

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]

Schedule

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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

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  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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 icon.
  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.