1993 Brown Bears football team

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1993 Brown Bears football
Conference Ivy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Jim Fleming (1st season)
Captains
  • Todd Hunter
  • Walton Smith
Home stadium Brown Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Penn $ 7 0 010 0 0
Dartmouth 6 1 07 3 0
Princeton 5 2 08 2 0
Brown 3 4 04 6 0
Cornell 3 4 04 6 0
Yale 2 5 03 7 0
Harvard 1 6 03 7 0
Columbia 1 6 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

In their fourth and final season under head coach Mickey Kwiatkowski, the Bears compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 267 to 190. Todd Hunter and Walton Smith were the team captains. [1]

The Bears' 3–4 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 183 to 127 by Ivy opponents. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 at Yale W 12–3 7,967 [3]
September 25 at Lehigh *L 35–42 9,264 [4]
October 2 Rhode Island *L 7–30 4,429 [5]
October 9 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 16–34 3,571 [6]
October 16 Bucknell *
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 21–12 3,653 [7]
October 23 at No. 25 Penn L 9–34 19,121 [8]
October 30 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 3–21 2,174 [9]
November 6 Harvard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 43–29 6,129 [10]
November 13 at Dartmouth L 16–39 5,913 [11]
November 20 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 28–23 2,420 [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. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Berlet, Bruce (September 19, 1993). "Yale's Loss Really Hurts". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. C10 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Blockus, Gary R. (September 26, 1993). "Lehigh's Late TD Holds Off Brown 42-35". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Hixson Propels URI Past Brown". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 3, 1993. p. 62 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Princeton Tops Brown on Record-Setting Day". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 10, 1993. p. C9 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Brown Bears Down on Bison". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. October 17, 1993. p. C7 via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries: Brown 21, Bucknell 12". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 17, 1993. p. 63.
  8. Searcy, Jay (October 24, 1993). "Penn Romps Past Brown, Remains Tied for Ivy Lead". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C14 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Read, Dennis (November 1, 1993). "CU Shuts Down Brown". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 7, 1993). "Pumped-Up Brown Deflates the Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 62 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Haley, Tom (November 14, 1993). "Dartmouth Rolls to Easy Victory Over Brown". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. p. 14 via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries: Dartmouth 39, Brown 16". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 14, 1993. p. 60.
  12. "Brown 28, Columbia 23". The Miami Herald (final ed.). Miami, Fla. November 14, 1993. p. 9D via Newspapers.com.