1943 Brown Bears football team

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1943 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainD. G. Savage Jr.
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 0
Dartmouth     6 1 0
Rochester     6 1 0
No. 11 Army     7 2 1
Holy Cross     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
No. 20 Penn     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Villanova     5 3 0
Colgate     5 3 1
Penn State     5 3 1
Bucknell     6 4 0
Cornell     6 4 0
Harvard     2 2 1
Yale     4 5 0
Pittsburgh     3 5 0
Temple     2 6 0
CCNY     1 3 1
Princeton     1 6 0
Carnegie Tech     0 4 1
Columbia     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1943 college football season.[1]

In their third and final season under head coach Jacob N. "Skip" Stahley, the Bears compiled a 5–3 record, and outscored opponents 194 to 180. D.G. Savage Jr. was the team captain.[2]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Brown ranked 96th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 67.2.[3]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 at Holy Cross L 0–20 8,000 [4]
October 9 Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 35–6 5,000 [5]
October 23 Camp Kilmer
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 62–3 5,000 [6]
October 30 at Princeton W 28–20 1,500 [7]
November 6 at Yale W 21–20 15,000 [8]
November 13 Coast Guard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 34–31 10,000 [9]
November 20 at No. 7 Army L 0–59 [2]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–21 17,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1943 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross Victor over Brown, 20 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1943. p. S4.
  5. ^ "Brown Uses Air Lanes to Crush Tufts in 26th Meeting, 35 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. S3.
  6. ^ "Brown Vanquishes Camp Kilmer, 62-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 24, 1943. p. S2.
  7. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 31, 1943). "Brown Triumphs over Princeton on Second-Period Rally, 28 to 20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 7, 1943). "Brown Checks Yale, 21-20, as Late Drive by Elis Fails". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ "Brown Sets Back Coast Guard, 34-31". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 14, 1943. p. S3.
  10. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 26, 1943). "Colgate Tops Brown on Blocked Kick for Touchdown in Last Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.