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American college football season

1979 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • J. Hickey
  • J. Sinnott
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons← 19781980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Brown 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 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.

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.

The Bears' 5–2 conference record tied for second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 159 to 102.

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

Schedule

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

Roster

1979 Brown Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Steve Jordan So
OT 74 John Sinnott Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 45 John Woodring Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt 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.
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