1991 Brown Bears football team

1991 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	1–9 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Mickey Kwiatkowski (2nd season)
Captains	J. Pankau Rodd Torbert
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ←  1990 1992  →

1991 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Yale	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1991 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for last in the Ivy League.

In their second season under head coach Mickey Kwiatkowski, the Bears compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 372 to 227. J. Pankau and Rodd Torbert were the team captains. ^[1]

The Bears' 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 246 to 163 by Ivy opponents. ^[2] Brown's only win was in the final week of the year, against fellow cellar-dweller Columbia.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 20–36	11,197	[3]
September 28	at No. 20 Marshall *	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–46	22,223	[4]
October 5	Rhode Island *	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	L 36–38	8,200	[5]
October 12	Princeton	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 37–59	10,300	[6]
October 19	at No. 3 Holy Cross *	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 28–42	15,481	[7]
October 26	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 19–28	22,208	[8]
November 2	Cornell	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 17–20	6,000	[9]
November 9	Harvard	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 29–35	5,750	[10]
November 16	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 13–45	6,111	[11]
November 23	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 28–23	5,250	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Concannon, Joe (September 22, 1991). "Yale Comes Up Big Against Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Marshall 46, Brown 0". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. September 29, 1991. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Greenidge, Jim (October 6, 1991). "Brown's Late Charge Falls Short". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Rockoff, Jonathan D. (October 13, 1991). "Receiving Mark Tied as Princeton Wins, 59-37". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-D – via Newspapers.com.
7. Concannon, Joe (October 20, 1991). "Holy Cross Answers Wakeup Call". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Missanelli, M.G. (October 27, 1991). "Penn Beats Brown for 1st Victory of Season". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-E – via Newspapers.com.
9. Herzog, Brad (November 4, 1991). "Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Concannon, Joe (November 10, 1991). "Johnson Gives Harvard a Rush". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 69 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Haley, Tom (November 17, 1991). "Dartmouth Tramples Brown". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth, 45-13". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 17, 1991. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Brown Holds Off Columbia for First Victory". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 24, 1991. pp. S6, S7.