1948 Brown

7–⁠2, coached by Rip Engle.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1948, game by game: lost at Yale 13–28; won at Princeton 23–20; won vs. Rhode Island 33–0; won at Holy Cross 14–6; won vs. UConn 49–6; won at Rutgers 20–6; won vs. Western Reserve 36–0; lost at Harvard 19–30; won vs. Colgate 35–7+43−15Lost 13–28 at Yale-15YaleWon 23–20 at Princeton+3PrincetonWon 33–0 vs. Rhode Island+33Rhode IslandWon 14–6 at Holy Cross+8Holy CrossWon 49–6 vs. UConn+43UConnWon 20–6 at Rutgers+14RutgersWon 36–0 vs. Western Reserve+36Western ReserveLost 19–30 at Harvard-11HarvardWon 35–7 vs. Colgate+28Colgate
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colgate 35–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1948.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠2 6th in the Ivy Group (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠103
Coach
Rip Engle
Elo
1512 +81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.5 No. 44 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
N.J. Lacuele

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 4Bill McLellan OTCleveland Browns (AAFC)