1945 Brown Bears football team

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

1945 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainR. D. Williams
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1944
1946 →
1945 Eastern college football independents records
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

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 at Penn 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 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

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  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.