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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 4–5 (4–3 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | Yale |
| W 27–14 | 12,781 | [3] | ||
September 29 | No. T–18 Rhode Island* |
| L 13–34 | 12,523 | [4] | ||
October 6 | at Princeton | W 32–30 | 11,870 | [5] | |||
October 13 | Penn |
| L 14–41 | 12,614 | [6] | ||
October 20 | at Cornell | W 13–9 | 9,100 | [7] | |||
October 27 | No. 2 Holy Cross* |
| L 17–38 | 12,843 | [8] | ||
November 3 | at Harvard | L 10–24 | 15,000 | [9] | |||
November 10 | Dartmouth |
| L 11–27 | 10,248 | [10] | ||
November 17 | at Columbia | W 28–14 | 4,635 | [11] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 30–31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Cadigan, Barry (September 23, 1984). "Brown Flusters Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cadigan, Barry (September 30, 1984). "URI Soars; Ehrhardt Busts Brown, Records". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Miller, Laurel (October 7, 1984). "Princeton Bows, 32-30, as Comeback Falls Short". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 11-E, 16-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Powers, John (October 14, 1984). "Penn Rips Brown, 41-14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Van Sickle, Kenny (October 21, 1984). "Cornell Falls Prey to Bad Luck". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Powers, John (October 28, 1984). "Holy Cross Beats Up on Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 4, 1984). "Brown-Out at Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Martone, Art (November 11, 1984). "Dartmouth Looks Like a Winner, 25-11". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Durso, Joseph (November 18, 1984). "Brown Ends Columbia's Season at 0-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. pp. S7, S8.