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American college football season
The 1979 Brown Bears football team was an
American football team that represented
Brown University during the
1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . Brown tied for second place in the
Ivy League .
In their seventh season under head coach
John Anderson , the Bears compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 197 to 129. J. Hickey and J. Sinnott were the team captains.
[1]
The Bears' 5–2 conference record tied for second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 159 to 102.
[2]
Brown played its home games at
Brown Stadium in
Providence, Rhode Island .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 22 at
Yale
L 12–13 15,000
[3]
September 29
Rhode Island *
Brown Stadium Providence, RI (
rivalry ) W 31–13 11,250
[4]
October 6
Princeton
Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 31–12 12,500
[5]
October 13 at
Penn
W 24–18 5,651
[6]
October 20
Cornell
Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 28–7 13,500
[7]
October 27 at
Holy Cross *
L 7–14 10,011
[8]
November 3
Harvard
Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 23–14 8,760
[9]
November 10 at
Dartmouth
L 10–24 9,700
[10]
November 17
Columbia
Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 31–14 8,500
[11]
Roster
1979 Brown Bears football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
References
^
"Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)" . Providence, R.I.:
Brown University . Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^ Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1979).
"Punt Rush Revives Yale" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Monahan, Bob (September 30, 1979).
"Brown Stomps on URI, 31-13" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . October 7, 1979. p. 8-D – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Simmons, Bill (October 14, 1979).
"Brown Outlasts Stubborn Penn" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Brown Destroys Cornell" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . October 21, 1979. p. 10-D – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Monahan, Bob (October 28, 1979).
"Solomon Surfaces, Steers HC over Brown" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Roberts, Ernie (November 4, 1979).
"Brown Tips Harvard" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979).
"Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins" .
The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Brown 31, Columbia 14" .
The Charlotte Observer . Charlotte, N.C. November 18, 1979. p. 5B – via
Newspapers.com .
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