1938 Brown Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Brown Bears
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 5–3
| head_coach = Tuss McLaughry
| hc_year = 13th
| captain =
| stadium = Brown Stadium
}}
{{1938 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1938 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Bears compiled a record of 5–3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brown/1938.html|title=1938 Brown Bears Schedule and Results {{!}} College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=October 17, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Brown Bears Football Media Guide |url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/brow/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FootballMediaGuide.pdf |publisher=brownbears.com |access-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025083256/http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/brow/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/FootballMediaGuide.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
| time = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|October 1||at|Harvard|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|W 20-13|25,000|{{cite news|title=Brown Wins In Harvard Game, 20-13|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|agency=Associated Press|date=October 2, 1938|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-brown-wins-in-harvard-g/133720513/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8|||Lafayette|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI|W 20-0||
|October 15||at|Dartmouth|Memorial Field|Hanover, NH|L 13-34||
|October 22|||Rhode Island State|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI (rivalry)|W 40-21||
|October 29|2:00 p.m.||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI|W 48-0||{{cite news |author= |title=Brown And Tufts To Clash Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/129085697/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |agency=Associated Press |date=October 29, 1938 |page=11 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Brown Crushes Tufts Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/129085901/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |agency=Associated Press |date=October 30, 1938 |page=4C |access-date=July 29, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|November 5||at|Yale|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT|L 14-20||
|November 12||at|No. 11 Holy Cross|Fitton Field|Worcester, MA|L 12-14||
|November 24|11:00 a.m.||Columbia|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI|W 36-27|20,000|{{cite news |author= |title=Veteran Brown and Columbia Teams Clash At Providence This Morning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/129085999/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |agency=Associated Press |date=November 24, 1938 |page=30 |access-date=July 29, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |title=Columbia Loses to Brown Despite Three Touchdowns in Last Ten Minutes |first=William D. |last=Richardson |date=November 25, 1938 |page=28 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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