The 1947 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented the Brown University during the 1947 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Rip Engle, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 185 to 139.[1]
| 1947 Brown Bears football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 4–4–1 |
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| Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Penn | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Columbia | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brown was ranked at No. 79 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | Connecticut | W 33–13 | 15,000 | [3] | |||
| September 30 | at Princeton | L 7–21 | 25,000 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | Rhode Island State |
| W 55–6 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
| October 18 | at Dartmouth | L 10–13 | 10,000 | [6] | |||
| October 25 | at Colgate | T 13–13 | 6,000 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Holy Cross |
| W 20–19 | 18,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | at No. 20 Yale | W 20–14 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | at Harvard | L 7–13 | 25,000 | [10] | |||
| November 27 | Rutgers |
| L 20–27 | 16,000 | [11] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1947 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roger Dover (September 28, 1947). "Brown Turns Back Uconn Eleven By 33 To 13 Margin". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Princeton Beats Brown, 21-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Wins, 55-6, Over Rhode Island". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1947. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dartmouth Nips Brown With Tally in Last 11 Seconds Of Game, 13-10". Hartford Courant. October 19, 1947. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Ties Raiders in 13-13 Fray". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 26, 1947. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Underdog Brown Fights Back To Nip Holy Cross". The Hartford Courant. November 2, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Roger Dover (November 9, 1947). "Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Melville Webb (November 16, 1947). "Harvard Nips Brown in Fiery Finish, 13-7". The Boston Globe. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Defeats Brown, 27-20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
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