1939 Brown Bears football team

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.^[1][2]

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

Brown was ranked at No. 62 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30		Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 34–0	10,000	[4][5]
October 7		Amherst	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–14	8,000	[4][5]
October 14		at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–10	8,500	[6][7]
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–20	18,000	[8][9]
October 28		at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 12–26	25,000	[10]
November 4		Tufts	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 54–7	3,000	[11][12]
November 11		at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 14–14	32,000	[13]
November 18		Connecticut	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 41–0	3,000	[14][15]
November 30		Rutgers	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 13–0		[16]
All times are in Eastern time