1940 Brown Bears football team

1940 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–1
Head coach	Tuss McLaughry (15th season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Boston College			–					11	–	0	–	0
Duquesne			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Penn			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Cornell			–					6	–	2	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	2	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	4	–	1
Syracuse			–					3	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Manhattan			–					3	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Army			–					1	–	7	–	1
CCNY			–					1	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 94.^[1][2]

Brown was ranked at No. 101 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Wesleyan	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	W 41–0		[4]
October 5	Rhode Island	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 20–17	14,000	[5]
October 12	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 3–20		[6]
October 19	Tufts	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 26–6
October 26	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 9–6	< 4,000	[7]
November 2	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 6–2
November 9	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 13–9
November 16	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–14		[8]
November 23	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–20	15,000	[9]
November 28	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 0–0	15,000	[10]

References

1. "1940 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. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. W. J. Lee (September 29, 1940). "Powerful Brown Eleven Spoils Wesleyan Football Opener With 41-0 Victory: Card Team Demoralized At Beginning". The Hartford Courant. pp. IV-1, IV-3.
5. "Brown Barely Ekes Out Win Over Rhode Island". The Harford Courant. October 6, 1940. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Colgate Humbles Brown, 20-3". New York Daily News. October 13, 1940. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Brown Nips HC, 9-6, in 4th Period". New York Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "14-0 Clash To Harvard: Crimson Gridders Register Win Over Brown". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 17, 1940. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
9. Effrat, Louis (November 24, 1940). "Dartmouth Victor over Brown, 20-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. "Columbia Holds Brown To 0-0 Tie". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 29, 1940. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.