1997 Brown Bears football team

The 1997 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for third in the Ivy League.

1997 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3[a] (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorDon Brown (2nd season)
Captains
  • J. Karcutskie
  • D. McClutchy
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1997 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Harvard $  7 –0   9 –1  
Dartmouth  6 –1   8 –2  
Brown  4 –3   7 –3  
Cornell  4 –3   6 –4  
Princeton  3 –4   6 –4  
Columbia  3 –4   4 –6  
Yale  1 –6   2 –8  
Penn *  0 –7   1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

In their fourth and final season under head coach Mark Whipple, the Bears compiled a 4–3 record and outscored opponents 274 to 194. J. Karcutskie and D. McClutchy were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 171 to 138.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 at Yale
W 52–14 15,315 [3]
September 27 Lafayette*
W 35–27 3,172 [4]
October 4 at Fordham*
W 45–14 6,171 [5]
October 11 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 13–30 4,022 [6]
October 18 Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 23–15 4,922 [7]
October 25 at Penn
W 10–31[a] 12,237 [8][9]
November 1 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 37–12 2,557 [10]
November 8 Harvarddagger
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 10–27 3,188 [11]
November 15 at Dartmouth
L 7–13 2,515 [12]
November 22 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–11 1,520 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Note

^ a: In January 1998, Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star defensive tackle Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student.[9] Brown's[1] and Penn's[14] record books regard their 1997 meeting, a 31–10 Penn victory on the field, as a Brown win, as do the 1997 win–loss records and season standings in the Ivy League record book.[2]

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. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Berlet, Bruce (September 21, 1997). "Siedlecki's Opener a Long Afternoon". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 21, 1997. p. C20.
  4. "Perry Paces Brown's Rebound to Beat Lafayette". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. September 28, 1997. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1997. p. E19.
  5. "Brown 45, Fordham 14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 5, 1997. p. D22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. October 12, 1997. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Perry Engineers a Win for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 19, 1997. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Jensen, Mike (October 26, 1997). "Sophomore's Big Catches Lead Penn Past Brown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. McShea, Keith (November 3, 1997). "Just a Bad Day: Red Falls, 37-12, at Brown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997). "Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Haley, Tom (November 16, 1997). "Dartmouth Remains Alive in Ivy Race, Downs Brown". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy/Patriot Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 16, 1997. p. D16.
  13. "Brown 42, Columbia 11". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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