1989 Brown Bears football team

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1989 Brown Bears football
Conference Ivy League
Record2–8 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Les Steckel (1st season)
Captains
  • J. Burke
  • D. Clark
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
←  1988
1990  →
1989 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale + 6 –1 –08 –2 –0
Princeton + 6 –1 –07 –2 –1
Harvard 5 –2 –05 –5 –0
Dartmouth 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Cornell 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Penn 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Brown 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1989 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their sixth and final season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 264 to 168. J. Burke and D. Clark were the team captains. [1]

The Bears' 2–5 conference record earned a three-way tie for fifth in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 156 to 137 by Ivy opponents. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 at Yale
L 3–12 11,252 [3]
September 23 at Colgate *
L 7–42 1,800 [4]
September 30 Rhode Island *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
L 13–18 8,500 [5]
October 7 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 15–38 4,500 [6]
October 14 at Penn
L 30–32 10,879 [7]
October 21 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 28–7 8,000 [8]
October 28 at No. 8 Holy Cross *
L 13–49 8,614 [9]
November 4 Harvard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–27 10,700 [10]
November 11 at Dartmouth
L 6–12 3,753 [11]
November 18 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 39–27 6,300 [12]

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. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Smith, George (October 10, 1989). "Yale Takes Charge; Dominates Brown, 12-3". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E16, E17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Colgate Sophomore Leads Demolition of Brown, 42-7". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. September 24, 1989. pp. 5E, 4E – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "URI Hands Brown Its 12th Straight Loss". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 1, 1989. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Knobelman, Bob (October 8, 1989). "Garrett Carries Payload as PU Hammers Brown". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Juliano, Joe (October 15, 1989). "Keys' Record Afternoon Leads Penn over Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Fox, Mike (October 23, 1989). "Brown Ends Streak as Big Red Falls". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Reinert, Bob (October 29, 1989). "HC Pulls Away; Crusaders Leave Brown Behind". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 5, 1989). "Harvard's Restic Wins His 100th". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Dartmouth 12, Brown 6". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 12, 1989. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Brown 41, Columbia 28". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 19, 1989. p. 67 – via Newspapers.com.
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