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American college football season
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 .
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
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source 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
Harvard
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 Homecoming
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
^
a
b
"Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)" . Providence, R.I.:
Brown University . Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^
a
b "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^ 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.
^
"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.
^
"Brown 45, Fordham 14" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass.
Associated Press . October 5, 1997. p. D22 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . October 12, 1997. p. C10 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Perry Engineers a Win for Brown" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass.
Associated Press . October 19, 1997. p. D17 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Jensen, Mike (October 26, 1997).
"Sophomore's Big Catches Lead Penn Past Brown" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
a
b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998).
"Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case" .
Philadelphia Daily News . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
^ Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997).
"Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ 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.
^
"Brown 42, Columbia 11" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass.
Associated Press . November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year" . Philadelphia, Pa.:
University of Pennsylvania . p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
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