1979 Brown Bears football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Headcoach
- John Anderson (7th season)
Captains
- J. Hickey
- J. Sinnott
| 1979 Brown Bears football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 6–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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 | ||
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| September 22 | at Yale | L 12–13 | 15,000 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | Rhode Island* |
| W 31–13 | 11,250 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | Princeton |
| W 31–12 | 12,500 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | at Penn | W 24–18 | 5,651 | [6] | |||
| October 20 | Cornell |
| W 28–7 | 13,500 | [7] | ||
| October 27 | at Holy Cross* | L 7–14 | 10,011 | [8] | |||
| November 3 | Harvard |
| W 23–14 | 8,760 | [9] | ||
| November 10 | at Dartmouth | L 10–24 | 9,700 | [10] | |||
| November 17 | Columbia |
| W 31–14 | 8,500 | [11] | ||
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Roster
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