The 1997 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for third in the Ivy League.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 7–3[a] (4–3 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Don Brown (2nd season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard $ | 7 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn * | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their fourth and final season under head coach Mark Whipple, the Bears compiled a 4–3 record and outscored opponents 274 to 194. J. Karcutskie and D. McClutchy were the team captains.[1]
The Bears' 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 171 to 138.[2]
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 20 | at Yale | W 52–14 | 15,315 | [3] | |||
September 27 | Lafayette* | W 35–27 | 3,172 | [4] | |||
October 4 | at Fordham* | W 45–14 | 6,171 | [5] | |||
October 11 | Princeton |
| L 13–30 | 4,022 | [6] | ||
October 18 | Rhode Island* |
| W 23–15 | 4,922 | [7] | ||
October 25 | at Penn | W 10–31[a] | 12,237 | [8][9] | |||
November 1 | Cornell |
| W 37–12 | 2,557 | [10] | ||
November 8 | Harvard |
| L 10–27 | 3,188 | [11] | ||
November 15 | at Dartmouth | L 7–13 | 2,515 | [12] | |||
November 22 | Columbia |
| W 42–11 | 1,520 | [13] | ||
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Note
edit^ a: In January 1998, Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star defensive tackle Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student.[9] Brown's[1] and Penn's[14] record books regard their 1997 meeting, a 31–10 Penn victory on the field, as a Brown win, as do the 1997 win–loss records and season standings in the Ivy League record book.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ a b "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (September 21, 1997). "Siedlecki's Opener a Long Afternoon". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 21, 1997. p. C20.
- ^ "Perry Paces Brown's Rebound to Beat Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. September 28, 1997. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1997. p. E19.
- ^ "Brown 45, Fordham 14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 5, 1997. p. D22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 12, 1997. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Perry Engineers a Win for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 19, 1997. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jensen, Mike (October 26, 1997). "Sophomore's Big Catches Lead Penn Past Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (November 3, 1997). "Just a Bad Day: Red Falls, 37-12, at Brown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997). "Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Haley, Tom (November 16, 1997). "Dartmouth Remains Alive in Ivy Race, Downs Brown". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy/Patriot Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 16, 1997. p. D16.
- ^ "Brown 42, Columbia 11". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.