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Brown

FBSI · 1949 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
8–1
0.889 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1878–1981
All-Time Record
431–392–35
0.523 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#8
1880
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 4 · Top 25: 18
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 17 seasons · 3 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Brown head-to-head · History & Eras

1949 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 4Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI1–9W 28–6
7Week 7 · Oct 11RHODE ISLANDUnranked—W 46–0
8Week 8 · Oct 18Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND FBSI6–3L 14–27
9Week 9 · Oct 25LEHIGHUnranked—W 48–0
10Week 10 · Nov 1WESTERN RESERVEUnranked—W 28–14
11Week 11 · Nov 8Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI4–4W 14–0
12Week 12 · Nov 15Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND FBSI1–8W 28–14
13Week 13 · Nov 22Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND FBSI2–7W 16–7
14Week 14 · Nov 29Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI1–8W 41–26

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.130
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+6
-3+9
  • Yale +4
  • Columbia +2
  • Holy Cross +1
  • Harvard +1
  • Colgate +1
  • Princeton -3

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #28Better than 80%
Win % Place 9thBetter than 94%

0.889 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#34W12#31W13#29W14#29Regular Season Final#28Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+22
+46
-13
+48
+14
+14
+14
+9
+15

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#521944#521945#951946#651947#351948

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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