1987 Brown Bears football team
American college football season
1987 Brown Bears football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 7–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captains |
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Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished second in the Ivy League.
In their fourth season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 7–3 record but were outscored 160 to 144. Walt Cataldo and Mark Donovan were the team captains.[1]
The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 117 to 97.[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 19 | at Yale | W 17–7 | 11,658 | [3] | |||
September 26 | Rhode Island* |
| W 17–15 | 13,500 | [4] | ||
October 3 | Princeton |
| W 13–7 | 7,100 | [5] | ||
October 10 | at Penn | L 17–38 | 27,253 | [6] | |||
October 17 | Cornell |
| W 23–15 | 11,200 | [7] | ||
October 24 | at No. 1 Holy Cross* | L 0–41 | 20,661 | [8] | |||
October 31 | Harvard |
| L 9–14 | 16,800 | [9] | ||
November 7 | at Lehigh* |
| W 10–7 | 13,300 | [10] | ||
November 14 | at Dartmouth |
| W 19–0 | 6,114 | [11] | ||
November 21 | Columbia |
| W 19–16 | 27,050 | [12] | ||
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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. p. 32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1987). "Brown Takes It Away; Turnovers Prove Costly as Yale Stumbles, 17-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Monahan, Bob (September 27, 1987). "Brown Holds Off URI, 17-15". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ O'Brien, Ken (October 4, 1987). "Brown Tacks First Loss on Princeton". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Longman, Jere (October 11, 1987). "Quakers Laugh Last -- and Best". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dupont, Kevin Paul (October 18, 1987). "Brown Dumps Cornell, 23-15". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thomsen, Ian (October 25, 1987). "Holy Cross Still Cruising Along, 41-0". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Powers, John (November 1, 1987). "Harvard's Defense Stands Its Ground, 14-9". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Groller, Keith (November 8, 1987). "Same Old Story for Lehigh; Brown Gains 10-7 Victory on FG with 0:10 Left". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Donovan, Brown Run Past Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 15, 1987. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Columbia Streak Hits 41; Brown Wins 19-16 on TD with :47 Left". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. November 22, 1987. pp. E9, E12 – via Newspapers.com.