1944 Brown Bears football team

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1944 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainR. E. Lowe
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
←  1943
1945  →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Army  – 9 –0 –0
Yale  – 7 –0 –1
Harvard  – 5 –1 –0
Bucknell  – 7 –2 –1
Penn State  – 6 –3 –0
Penn  – 5 –3 –0
Boston College  – 4 –3 –0
Cornell  – 5 –4 –0
Villanova  – 4 –4 –0
Drexel  – 2 –2 –0
Pittsburgh  – 4 –5 –0
Brown  – 3 –4 –1
Temple  – 2 –4 –2
Syracuse  – 2 –4 –1
Princeton  – 1 –2 –0
Dartmouth  – 2 –5 –1
Colgate  – 2 –5 –0
NYU  – 2 –5 –0
Columbia  – 2 –6 –0
Tufts  – 1 –4 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 1 –8 –0
CCNY  – 0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1944 college football season. [1]

In their first season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 3–4–1 record, and were outscored 150 to 132 by opponents. R.E. Lowe was the team captain. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 44–0 7,000 [3]
October 7 at Army
L 7–59 3,500 [4] [5]
October 21 at Holy Cross
T 24–24 5,000 [6]
October 28 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 13–14 8,000 [7]
November 4 Coast Guard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–20 10,000 [8]
November 11 at Yale
L 0–13 12,000 [9]
November 18 at Columbia
W 12–0 12,000 [10]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 32–20 12,000 [11]

References

  1. ↑ "1944 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. ↑ "Brown's Powerhouse Crushes Tufts". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 1, 1944. p. S3.
  4. ↑ "Army Batters Brown Bear". New York Daily News. October 8, 1944. p. 25C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Fast Army Backs Crush Brown, 59-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 8, 1944. p. S1.
  6. ↑ Nason, Jerry (October 22, 1944). "Holy Cross and Brown Tie, 24-24; Moody Snares Crusader Fumble for 91-Yard Run". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Kaese, Harold (October 29, 1944). "Dartmouth Edges Brown, 14 to 13; Bonk Hero of Smashing Green Win over Bruin". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tommy Dorsey Paces Coast Guard Academy to 20-0 Triumph Against Brown; Cadets Record Scoring in Last Two Quarters". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. November 5, 1944. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ McGowen, Roscoe (November 12, 1944). "Yale Subdues Brown, 13-0, Counting in Last 2 Periods". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ McGowen, Roscoe (November 19, 1944). "Brown Team Tops Columbia, 12 to 0, on Two Long Runs". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ "Brown Conquers Colgate, 32 to 20". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press International. November 26, 1944. p. S1.
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