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
Conference	Independent
1945 record	3–4–1
Head coach	Rip Engle (2nd season)
Captain	R.D. Williams
Home stadium	Brown Stadium

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
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

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.