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

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Headcoach
CaptainD. G. Savage Jr.
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1943 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainD. G. Savage Jr.
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1942
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1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College – 4–0–1
Franklin & Marshall – 7–1–0
Dartmouth – 6–1–0
Rochester – 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
Bucknell – 6–4–0
Cornell – 6–4–0
Harvard – 2–2–1
Yale – 4–5–0
Pittsburgh – 3–5–0
Temple – 2–6–0
CCNY – 1–3–1
Princeton – 1–6–0
Carnegie Tech – 0–4–1
Columbia – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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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]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Brown ranked 96th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 67.2.[3]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 at Holy Cross L 0–20 8,000 [4]
October 9 Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 35–6 5,000 [5]
October 23 Camp Kilmer
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 62–3 5,000 [6]
October 30 at Princeton W 28–20 1,500 [7]
November 6 at Yale W 21–20 15,000 [8]
November 13 Coast Guard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 34–31 10,000 [9]
November 20 at No. 7 Army L 0–59 [2]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–21 17,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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