1942 Brown Bears football team

The 1942 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1942 college football season.^[1]

1942 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4
Head coach	Skip Stahley (2nd season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Williams			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 19 Penn State			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Boston College			–					8	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	3	–	1
No. T–19 Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Vermont			–					4	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	3	–	0
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	3
Columbia			–					3	–	6	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					1	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	0
Harvard			–					2	–	6	–	1
Manhattan			–					2	–	6	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

In their second season under head coach Jacob N. "Skip" Stahley, the Bears compiled a 4–4 record, and were outscored 114 to 96 by opponents. Team captains were named on a game-by-game basis.^[2]

Brown was ranked at No. 103 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Rhode Island State	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 28–0	9,000	[4]
October 10	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 28–21	17,000	[5]
October 17	Lafayette	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 7–0	10,000	[6]
October 24	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–32	15,000	[7]
October 31	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–27	20,000	[8]
November 7	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–14		[2]
November 14	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–7	9,000	[9]
November 26	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–13	8,000	[10]