The 1957 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 college football season.
| 1957 Brown Bears football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–4 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Captain | Gil Robertshaw |
| Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their seventh season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 154 to 125. Gil Robertshaw was the team captain.[1]
The Bears' 3–4 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League. They were outscored by Ivy opponents, 111 to 100.[2]
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Columbia |
| L 20–23 | 10,500 | [3] | ||
| October 5 | at Yale | W 21–20 | 31,789 | [4] | |||
| October 12 | at Dartmouth | L 0–35 | 13,500 | [5] | |||
| October 19 | Penn |
| W 20–7 | 8,000 | [6] | ||
| October 26 | Rhode Island* |
| W 21–7 | 18,500 | [7] | ||
| November 2 | Princeton |
| L 0–7 | 9,000 | [8] | ||
| November 9 | at Cornell | L 6–13 | 11,000 | [9] | |||
| November 16 | at Harvard | W 33–6 | 17,000 | [10] | |||
| November 28 | Colgate* |
| W 33–7 | 10,500 | [11] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "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. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (September 29, 1957). "Columbia Tops Brown, 23-20; Kick Is Decisive". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 6, 1957). "Late Brown Dash Halts Yale, 21-20". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 13, 1957). "Dartmouth Sinks Brown Team, 35-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Briordy, William J. (October 20, 1957). "Bruins Vanquish Penn Team, 20-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ "Brown Sets Back Rhode Island, 21-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 27, 1957. p. S3.
- ^ Briordy, William J. (November 3, 1957). "Tigers Shut Out Brown in Mud, 7-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 10, 1957). "Cornell Defeats Brown Team, 13-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (November 17, 1957). "Brown University Overcomes Harvard on Gridiron for Third Straight Time". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 29, 1957). "Brown Crushes Colgate; 95-Yard Runback of Intercerption by Finney Marks 33-7 Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 35.