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1997 Brown Bears football team

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.

1997 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3[a] (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (2nd season)
Captains
  • J. Karcutskie
  • D. McClutchy
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 13–30 4,022 [6]
October 18 Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 23–15 4,922 [7]
October 25 at Penn
W 10–31[a] 12,237 [8][9]
November 1 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 37–12 2,557 [10]
November 8 Harvard 
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 10–27 3,188 [11]
November 15 at Dartmouth
L 7–13 2,515 [12]
November 22 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–11 1,520 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

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

  1. ^ a b "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Brown 45, Fordham 14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 5, 1997. p. D22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 12, 1997. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Perry Engineers a Win for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 19, 1997. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Jensen, Mike (October 26, 1997). "Sophomore's Big Catches Lead Penn Past Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997). "Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Brown 42, Columbia 11". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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