1984 Brown Bears football team

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1984 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • S. Heffernan
  • T. Love
Home stadium
Brown Stadium
Seasons
1984 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 7 0 0 8 1 0
Yale 5 2 0 6 3 0
Harvard 5 2 0 5 4 0
Brown 4 3 0 4 5 0
Princeton 3 4 0 4 5 0
Cornell 2 5 0 2 7 0
Dartmouth 2 5 0 2 7 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1984 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished fourth in the Ivy League.

In their first season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored 231 to 165. S. Heffernan and T. Love were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 4–3 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 156 to 135 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Brown played its home games at

Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island
.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Yale
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 27–14 12,781 [3]
September 29 No. T–18 Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
L 13–34 12,523 [4]
October 6 at Princeton W 32–30 11,870 [5]
October 13 Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 14–41 12,614 [6]
October 20 at Cornell W 13–9 9,100 [7]
October 27 No. 2 Holy Cross*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 17–38 12,843 [8]
November 3 at Harvard L 10–24 15,000 [9]
November 10 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 11–27 10,248 [10]
November 17 at Columbia W 28–14 4,635 [11]

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. 30–31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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  11. ^ Durso, Joseph (November 18, 1984). "Brown Ends Columbia's Season at 0-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. pp. S7, S8.