1948 Brown Bears football team

The 1948 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1948 college football season.[1]

1948 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
1948 record7–2
Head coachRip Engle (5th season)
CaptainN.J. Lacuele
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army   –    8 –0 –1
No. 19 Cornell   –    8 –1 –0
Penn State   –    7 –1 –1
Buffalo   –    6 –1 –1
Villanova   –    8 –2 –1
Brown   –    7 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –    6 –2 –0
Boston College   –    5 –2 –2
Pittsburgh   –    6 –3 –0
Penn   –    5 –3 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –    5 –3 –1
Harvard   –    4 –4 –0
Princeton   –    4 –4 –0
Columbia   –    4 –5 –0
Yale   –    4 –5 –0
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Colgate   –    3 –6 –0
Fordham   –    3 –6 –0
NYU   –    3 –6 –0
Temple   –    2 –6 –1
Duquesne   –    2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –    1 –7 –0
Hofstra   –    0 –6 –2
Syracuse   –    1 –8 –0
Drexel   –    0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

In their fifth season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents 242 to 103. N.J. Lacuele was the team captain.[2]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 at Yale
L 13–28 31,000 [3]
October 2 at Princeton
W 23–20 26,000 [4]
October 9 Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 33–0 11,000 [5]
October 16 at Holy Cross
W 14–6 20,000 [6]
October 23 Connecticut
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 49–6 10,000 [7]
October 30 at Rutgers
W 20–6 20,000 [8]
November 6 Western Reserve
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 36–0 8,000 [9]
November 13 at Harvard
L 19–30 25,000 [10]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 35–7 20,000 [11]
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References
  1. "1948 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. Nichols, Joseph C. (September 26, 1948). "Yale Turns Back Brown by 28 to 13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 3, 1948). "Brown Wins, 23-20, in Last 6 Seconds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. "Brown Turns Back R.I. State by 33-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1948. p. S2.
  6. "Brown's Fast Running Attack Beats Holy Cross in Golden Anniversary Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 17, 1948. p. S2.
  7. Dove, Roger (October 24, 1948). "Brown Powerhouse Defeats Connecticut Eleven, 49-6". The Hartford Daily Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Brown's Aerial Barrage in Second Half Topples Rutgers at New Brunswick". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1948. p. S4.
  9. "Brown in Front by 36-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 7, 1948. p. S5.
  10. "Harvard Is Victor over Brown, 30-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1948. p. S1.
  11. Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 26, 1948). "Brown's Superiority in Air Brings Decisive Triumph Over Colgate Eleven". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 35.
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