1947 Brown Bears football team

1947 Brown Bears football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	4–4–1
Head coach	Rip Engle (4th season)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Connecticut	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 33–13	15,000
September 30	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–21	25,000
October 11	Rhode Island	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 55–6	15,000
October 18	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 10–13	10,000
October 25	at Colgate	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	T 13–13	6,000
November 1	Holy Cross	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–19	18,000
November 8	at No. 20 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–14	15,000
November 15	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–13	25,000
November 27	Rutgers	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 20–27	16,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game