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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) |
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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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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.
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.
Date | 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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^ 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]
1997 Brown Bears football | |
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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 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.
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.
Date | 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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^ 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]