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
1945 record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainR.D. Williams
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1945 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
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
  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.
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