1944 Brown Bears football team

1944 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainR. E. Lowe
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   2 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   4 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 4 – 2
Syracuse   –   2 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 4 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 8 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1944 college football season.[1]

In their first season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 3–4–1 record, and were outscored 150 to 132 by opponents. R.E. Lowe was the team captain.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Tufts
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 44–0 7,000 [3]
October 7 at Army
L 7–59 3,500 [4][5]
October 21 at Holy Cross
T 24–24 5,000 [6]
October 28 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 13–14 8,000 [7]
November 4 Coast Guard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 0–20 10,000 [8]
November 11 at Yale
L 0–13 12,000 [9]
November 18 at Columbia
W 12–0 12,000 [10]
November 25 Colgate
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 32–20 12,000 [11]

References

  1. ^ "1944 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. ^ "Brown's Powerhouse Crushes Tufts". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 1, 1944. p. S3.
  4. ^ "Army Batters Brown Bear". New York Daily News. October 8, 1944. p. 25C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fast Army Backs Crush Brown, 59-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 8, 1944. p. S1.
  6. ^ Nason, Jerry (October 22, 1944). "Holy Cross and Brown Tie, 24-24; Moody Snares Crusader Fumble for 91-Yard Run". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Kaese, Harold (October 29, 1944). "Dartmouth Edges Brown, 14 to 13; Bonk Hero of Smashing Green Win over Bruin". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tommy Dorsey Paces Coast Guard Academy to 20-0 Triumph Against Brown; Cadets Record Scoring in Last Two Quarters". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. November 5, 1944. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 12, 1944). "Yale Subdues Brown, 13-0, Counting in Last 2 Periods". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 19, 1944). "Brown Team Tops Columbia, 12 to 0, on Two Long Runs". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ "Brown Conquers Colgate, 32 to 20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. United Press International. November 26, 1944. p. S1.


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