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1947 Brown Bears football team

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1947 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
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
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27ConnecticutW 33–1315,000[3]
September 30at PrincetonL 7–2125,000[4]
October 11Rhode Island State
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 55–615,000[5]
October 18at DartmouthL 10–1310,000[6]
October 25at ColgateT 13–136,000[7]
November 1Holy Cross
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 20–1918,000[8]
November 8at No. 20 YaleW 20–1415,000[9]
November 15at HarvardL 7–1325,000[10]
November 27Rutgers
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 20–2716,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1947 Brown Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Roger Dover (September 28, 1947). "Brown Turns Back Uconn Eleven By 33 To 13 Margin". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Princeton Beats Brown, 21-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1947. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown Wins, 55-6, Over Rhode Island". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1947. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dartmouth Nips Brown With Tally in Last 11 Seconds Of Game, 13-10". Hartford Courant. October 19, 1947. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brown Ties Raiders in 13-13 Fray". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 26, 1947. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Underdog Brown Fights Back To Nip Holy Cross". The Hartford Courant. November 2, 1947. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roger Dover (November 9, 1947). "Surprising Brown Eleven Upsets Yale By 20 To 14". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Melville Webb (November 16, 1947). "Harvard Nips Brown in Fiery Finish, 13-7". The Boston Globe. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers Defeats Brown, 27-20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.