1943 Brown Bears football team

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

1943 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record5–3
Head coachSkip Stahley (3rd season)
CaptainD.G. Savage Jr.
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College   –    4 –0 –1
Franklin & Marshall   –    7 –1 –0
Dartmouth   –    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
Cornell   –    6 –4 –0
Harvard   –    2 –2 –1
Yale   –    4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –5 –0
Temple   –    2 –6 –0
Princeton   –    1 –6 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    0 –4 –1
Columbia   –    0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 at Holy Cross
L 0–20 8,000 [3]
October 9 Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 35–6 5,000 [4]
October 23 Camp Kilmer
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 62–3 5,000 [5]
October 30 at Princeton
W 28–20 1,500 [6]
November 6 at Yale
W 21–20 15,000 [7]
November 13 Coast Guard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 34–31 10,000 [8]
November 20 at No. 7 Army
L 0–59 [2]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–21 17,000 [9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "1943 Brown Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. "Holy Cross Victor over Brown, 20 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 3, 1943. p. S4.
  4. "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.
  5. "Brown Vanquishes Camp Kilmer, 62-3". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 24, 1943. p. S2.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. "Brown Sets Back Coast Guard, 34-31". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 14, 1943. p. S3.
  9. 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.
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