1945 Brown Bears football team

1945 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
1945 record	3–4–1
Head coach	Rip Engle (2nd season)
Captain	R. D. Williams
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ←  1944 1946  →

1945 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					4	–	0	–	1
No. 20 Columbia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Penn			–					6	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	1	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	3	–	2
NYU			–					3	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					2	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse			–					1	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1945 college football season. ^[1]

In their second season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 3–4–1 record, and were outscored 141 to 123 by opponents. R.D. Williams was the team captain. ^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–50	51,000	[3]
October 6	Boston College	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 51–6	10,657	[4]
October 20	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–25	25,000	[5]
October 27	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 6–27	15,000	[6]
November 3	Coast Guard	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 33–6	10,000	[7]
November 10	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–7	15,000	[8]
November 17	Harvard	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 7–14	15,000	[9]
November 24	Colgate	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	T 6–6	12,000	[10]

References

1. "1945 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. Effrat, Louis (September 30, 1945). "Penn Backs Romp over Brown, 50-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. "Brown Smothers Boston Col., 51-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press. October 7, 1945. p. S4.
5. McGowen, Roscoe (October 21, 1945). "Holy Cross Routs Brown Team, 25-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 28, 1945). "Lions Score, 27 to 6; Kusserow Makes Three of the Touchdowns at Baker Field". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. "Brown Conquers Coast Guard, 33-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press. November 4, 1945. p. S3.
8. "Brown Overcomes Favored Yale, 20-7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 11, 1945. p. S1.
9. "Harvard Subdues Brown by 14 to 7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 18, 1945. p. S1.
10. McGowen, Roscoe (November 25, 1945). "Brown Gains Tie with Colgate, 6-6". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.