1941 Brown Bears football team

The 1941 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent 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] The team played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

1941 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1941 record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Duquesne      8 0 0
No. 6 Fordham      8 1 0
No. 15 Penn      7 1 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 1 1
Penn State      7 2 0
Temple      7 2 0
Hofstra      5 2 0
Boston College      7 3 0
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
Bucknell      6 3 0
Drexel Tech      4 2 1
Boston University      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 0
Army      5 3 1
Brown      5 4 0
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 1
Holy Cross      4 4 2
Colgate      3 3 2
Buffalo      3 4 1
Massachusetts State      3 4 1
Columbia      3 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 6 0
Princeton      2 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Wesleyan
W 20–6[4]
October 4at ColumbiaL 6–1310,000[5]
October 11Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 14–718,000[6]
October 18Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 28–6[7]
October 25at LafayetteW 13–08,000[8]
November 1at YaleW 7–09,000[9]
November 8Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13[10]
November 15at No. 17 HarvardL 7–2320,000[11]
November 22Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 7–1315,000[12]
  • 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. 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.
  5. John Ebinger (October 5, 1941). "Lions Score in 2d, 3d; Whip Brown, 13-6". New York Daily News. p. 37C via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bob Priestley Runs 95 Yards To Beat State". The Hartford Courant. October 12, 1941. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brown Smears Undefeated Record of Tufts Football Team, 28 To 6". The Hartford Courant. October 19, 1941. p. C3 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "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.
  9. "Brown Trims Yale, 7-0, on Pass". New York Daily News. November 2, 1941. p. 91 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Crusaders Show Power Defeating Brown, 13-0". The Hartford Courant. November 9, 1941. p. 4C via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 97 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Rutgers Tops Brown, 13 to 7". The Boston Globe. November 21, 1941. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
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