1979 Brown Bears football team

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1979 Brown Bears football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • J. Hickey
  • J. Sinnott
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
  1978
1980  
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 1 0
Brown 5 2 06 3 0
Princeton 5 2 05 4 0
Cornell 4 3 05 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 4 1
Harvard 3 4 03 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 8 0
Penn 0 7 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

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.

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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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 at Yale L 12–13 15,000 [3]
September 29 Rhode Island *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 31–13 11,250 [4]
October 6 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 31–12 12,500 [5]
October 13 at Penn W 24–18 5,651 [6]
October 20 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 28–7 13,500 [7]
October 27 at Holy Cross *L 7–14 10,011 [8]
November 3 Harvard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 23–14 8,760 [9]
November 10 at Dartmouth L 10–24 9,700 [10]
November 17 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 31–14 8,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1979 Brown Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Steve Jordan So
OT 74 John Sinnott Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 45 John Woodring Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1979). "Punt Rush Revives Yale". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 88 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Monahan, Bob (September 30, 1979). "Brown Stomps on URI, 31-13". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 70 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Carbone, Villella Lead Brown over Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 7, 1979. p. 8-D via Newspapers.com.
  6. Simmons, Bill (October 14, 1979). "Brown Outlasts Stubborn Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brown Destroys Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 21, 1979. p. 10-D via Newspapers.com.
  8. Monahan, Bob (October 28, 1979). "Solomon Surfaces, Steers HC over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 82 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Roberts, Ernie (November 4, 1979). "Brown Tips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 52 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Laird, Carleton (November 11, 1979). "Kemp, Shula Team to Tame Brown as Dartmouth Wins". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Brown 31, Columbia 14". The Charlotte Observer . Charlotte, N.C. November 18, 1979. p. 5B via Newspapers.com.