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1949 Brown

8–⁠1, coached by Rip Engle.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1949, game by game: won vs. Holy Cross 28–6; won vs. Rhode Island 46–0; lost at Princeton 14–27; won vs. Lehigh 48–0; won at Western Reserve 28–14; won at Yale 14–0; won at Harvard 28–14; won at Columbia 16–7; won vs. Colgate 41–26+48−13Won 28–6 vs. Holy Cross+22Holy CrossWon 46–0 vs. Rhode Island+46Rhode IslandLost 14–27 at Princeton-13PrincetonWon 48–0 vs. Lehigh+48LehighWon 28–14 at Western Reserve+14Western ReserveWon 14–0 at Yale+14YaleWon 28–14 at Harvard+14HarvardWon 16–7 at Columbia+9ColumbiaWon 41–26 vs. Colgate+15Colgate
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 1vsHoly CrossW 28–⁠664%
Oct 8vsRhode IslandW 46–⁠095%
Oct 15atPrincetonL 14–⁠2751%
Oct 22vsLehighW 48–⁠094%
Oct 29atWestern ReserveW 28–⁠1482%
Nov 5atYaleW 14–⁠051%
Nov 12atHarvardW 28–⁠1467%
Nov 19atColumbiaW 16–⁠766%
Nov 26vsColgateW 41–⁠2688%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Colgate 41–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 5th-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 1949.

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠94
Coach
Rip Engle
Elo
1583 +75 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−2.2 No. 70 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captains
Joe Paterno and John S. Scott

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
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