| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | Brown Bears |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 7–2 |
| Head Coach: | Rip Engle |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Captain: | N. J. Lacuele |
| Stadium: | Brown Stadium |
The 1948 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University during the 1948 college football season.[1]
In their fifth season under head coach Charles "Rip" Engle, the Bears compiled a 7–2 record, and outscored their opponents 242 to 103. N.J. Lacuele was the team captain.[2]
Brown was ranked at No. 55 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[3]
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.