1946 Brown Bears football team

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1946 Brown Bears football
Conference Ivy League
Record3–5–1 (1–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainJ. Lalikos
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
←  1945
1947  →
1946 Ivy Group football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Yale 4 –1 –17 –1 –1
Harvard 3 –1 –07 –2 –0
No. 13 Penn 3 –1 –06 –2 –0
Cornell 3 –1 –15 –3 –1
Columbia 2 –2 –06 –3 –0
Princeton 2 –4 –03 –5 –0
Brown 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Dartmouth 1 –6 –03 –6 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. [1]

Contents

In their third season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 3–5–1 record, and were outscored 184 to 122 by opponents. J. Lalikos was the team captain. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Canisius *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 14–6 12,716 [3]
October 5 at Princeton
L 12–33 16,000 [4]
October 12 Rhode Island State *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 29–0 20,000 [5]
October 19 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–13 20,000 [6]
October 26 Boston University *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
T 14–14 12,000 [7]
November 2 at Holy Cross *
L 19–21 15,000 [8]
November 9 at Yale
L 0–49 40,000 [9]
November 16 at Harvard
L 0–28 20,000 [10]
November 28 Colgate *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–20 20,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

After the season

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Bear was selected. [12]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
24222Tom Dorsey Back Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. ↑ "1946 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Brown Overcomes Canisius, 14 to 7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. United Press. September 29, 1946. p. S3.
  4. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 6, 1946). "Princeton Rally Stops Brown, 33-12". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ↑ "Brown Turns Back Rhode Island, 29-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 13, 1946. p. S3.
  6. ↑ "Brown Upsets Dartmouth, 20-13, Finn, Swingler Leading Offensive". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 20, 1946. p. S1.
  7. ↑ "Boston U. Holds Brown to a Tie". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. October 27, 1946. p. S2.
  8. ↑ "Holy Cross Rally Beats Brown, 21-19". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 3, 1946. p. S2.
  9. ↑ Strauss, Michael (November 10, 1946). "Yale Overwhelms Brown by 49 to 0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ Blair, William M. (November 17, 1946). "Harvard Scores Twice Through Air in Crushing Brown Before 20,000 Fans". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S2.
  11. ↑ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 29, 1946). "Colgate Vanquishes Brown, 20-14, with 2 Touchdowns in Last Period". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. 39.
  12. ↑ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.


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