1980 Brown Bears football team

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1980 Brown Bears football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Larry Carbone
  • John Woodring
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $ 6 1 08 2 0
Cornell 5 2 05 5 0
Harvard 4 3 07 3 0
Brown 4 3 06 4 0
Princeton 4 3 06 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 04 6 0
Penn 1 6 01 9 0
Columbia 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1980 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for third place in the Ivy League.

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In their sixth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 240 to 195. Larry Carbone and John Woodring were the team captains. [1]

The Bears' 4–3 conference record earned them part of a four-way tie third place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 190 to 161. [2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1955 that Brown played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Yale
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 17–45 15,500 [3]
September 27 Bucknell *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 20–28 7,000 [4]
October 4 at Princeton W 28–11 10,000 [5]
October 11 Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–22 4,500 [6]
October 18 at Cornell W 32–25 7,000 [7]
October 25 Holy Cross *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 21–3 1,400 [8]
November 1 at Harvard L 16–17 16,000 [9]
November 15 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 24–28 5,917 [10]
November 22 at Columbia W 31–13 5,125 [11]
November 27 Rhode Island *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 9–3 7,200 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Brown Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Steve Jordan Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 45 John Woodring Sr
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. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 84 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell 28, Brown 20". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 28, 1980. p. 80 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bruns, John (October 5, 1980). "Punchless Tigers Lose 3rd Straight as Brown Coasts". The Home News Sunday . New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Monahan, Bob (October 12, 1980). "Brown Grinds Down Penn". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 56 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Taussig, Pete (October 19, 1980). "Brown Fells Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Powers, John (October 26, 1980). "Weather, Holy Cross No Problem for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Powers, John (November 2, 1980). "Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 48 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 16, 1980). "Dartmouth Comes Back". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Brown 31, Columbia 13". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980. p. 84 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Visser, Lesley (November 28, 1980). "Brown Staves Off Rhode Island, 9-3". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 75 via Newspapers.com.