1941 Brown Bears football team

The 1941 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season. In its first season under head coach Skip Stahley, Brown compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 81.^[1][2]

1941 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–4 (1–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Skip Stahley (1st season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Penn $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Columbia	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Cornell	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Yale	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Halfback Bob Margarita was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-New England football team.^[3] He later played in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears.

Brown was ranked at No. 98 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[4]

The team played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Wesleyan*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–6		[5]
October 4	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–13	10,000	[6]
October 11	Rhode Island State*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 14–7	18,000	[7]
October 18	Tufts*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 28–6		[8]
October 25	at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 13–0	8,000	[9]
November 1	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 7–0	9,000	[10]
November 8	Holy Cross*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–13		[11]
November 15	at No. 17 Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–23	20,000	[12]
November 22	Rutgers*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–13	15,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1941 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. "Brown Bears Football Media Guide" (PDF). brownbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
3. "Harvard Linemen Land Five Berths on All-N.E. Team". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1941. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Robert Zaiman (September 28, 1941). "Brown Eleven Overcomes Stiff Resistance To Gain Triumph Over Wesleyan, 20-6". The Hartford Courant. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
6. John Ebinger (October 5, 1941). "Lions Score in 2d, 3d; Whip Brown, 13-6". New York Daily News. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Bob Priestley Runs 95 Yards To Beat State". The Hartford Courant. October 12, 1941. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Brown Smears Undefeated Record of Tufts Football Team, 28 To 6". The Hartford Courant. October 19, 1941. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Two Specatacular Runs Win 13-0 Decision for Brown Over Lafayette at Easton". Allentown Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 26, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Brown Trims Yale, 7-0, on Pass". New York Daily News. November 2, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Crusaders Show Power Defeating Brown, 13-0". The Hartford Courant. November 9, 1941. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Rutgers Tops Brown, 13 to 7". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.