1948 Brown Bears football team

1948 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainN. J. Lacuele
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 19 Cornell 4 0 0 8 1 0
Penn 3 1 0 5 3 0
Dartmouth 4 2 0 6 2 0
Brown 1 2 0 7 2 0
Princeton 3 3 0 4 4 0
Harvard 3 3 0 4 4 0
Yale 1 4 0 4 5 0
Columbia 1 5 0 4 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1948 college football season.[1]

In their fifth season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents 242 to 103. N.J. Lacuele was the team captain.[2]

Brown was ranked at No. 55 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]

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

  1. ^ "1948 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.