1997 Brown Bears football team

1997 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 [a] (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Mark Whipple (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Don Brown (2nd season)
Captains	J. Karcutskie D. McClutchy
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ←  1996 1998  →

1997 Ivy League football standings

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 52–14	15,315	[3]
September 27	Lafayette *	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 35–27	3,172	[4]
October 4	at Fordham *	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	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	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	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	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 7–13	2,515	[12]
November 22	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 42–11	1,520	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Note

^  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

1. "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "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. 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.