Brown Bears football
Brown Bears | |||
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First season | 1878 | ||
Athletic director | Jack Hayes | ||
Head coach |
Phil Estes 19th year, 112–77 (.593) | ||
Stadium | Brown Stadium | ||
Seating capacity | 20,000 | ||
Field surface | Grass | ||
Location | Providence, Rhode Island | ||
NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
Conference | Ivy League | ||
All-time record | 589–548–40 (.517) | ||
Bowl record | 0–1 (.000) | ||
Conference titles | 4 | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 10 | ||
Colors |
Seal Brown, White, and Cardinal[1] | ||
Fight song | Ever True | ||
Marching band | Brown University Band | ||
Rivals |
Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Yale Bulldogs Dartmouth Big Green | ||
Website | BrownBears.com |
- For information on all Brown University sports, see Brown Bears
The Brown Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Brown University located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ivy League. Brown's first football team was fielded in 1878. The team plays its home games at the 20,000 seat Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island. The Bears are coached by Phil Estes.
History
In the middle of the 1926 season, the “Iron Men” came into being when the same 11 players played against Yale for 60 minutes and a 7-0 win. The next week the same 11 players played without substitution against Dartmouth and won 10-0. Two weeks later the Iron Men played 58 minutes against Harvard, but in the last two minutes the substitutes came in to earn their letters. Brown won all its games that year until the Thanksgiving game against Colgate ended in a 10-10 tie. The famed “Iron Men” were Thurston Towle ’28, Paul Hodge ’28, Orland Smith ’27, Charles Considine ’28, Lou Farber ’29, Ed Kevorkian ’29, Hal Broda ’27, Al Cornsweet ’29, Dave Mishel ’27, Ed Lawrence ’28, and Roy Randall ’28.
Brown players elected to the College Football Hall of Fame are John W. Heisman 1891, DeOrmond McLaughry, Frederick D. Pollard ’19, Edward North Robinson 1896, and Wallace Wade ’17.
Notable former players
Joe Paterno Fritz Pollard George Pyne
Key
B | Back | K | Kicker | NT | Nose tackle |
C | Center | LB | Linebacker | FB | Fullback |
DB | Defensive back | P | Punter | HB | Halfback |
DE | Defensive end | QB | Quarterback | WR | Wide receiver |
DT | Defensive tackle | RB | Running back | G | Guard |
E | End | T | Offensive tackle | TE | Tight end |
Year | Round | Pick in round | Overall pick | Player | Team | Position |
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2010 | 7 | 34 | 241 | David Howard | Titans | DT |
2007 | 4 | 17 | 116 | Zak DeOssie | Giants | LB |
1999 | 7 | 35 | 241 | Sean Morey | Patriots | WR |
1982 | 7 | 12 | 179 | Steve Jordan | Vikings | TE |
1981 | 6 | 4 | 142 | John Woodring | Jets | LB |
1980 | 3 | 4 | 60 | John Sinnott | Cardinals | T |
1979 | 12 | 10 | 313 | Bob Forster | Lions | C |
1976 | 7 | 5 | 187 | Bob Bateman | Bengals | QB |
1967 | 7 | 16 | 175 | Joe Randall | Cardinals | K |
1966 | 5 | 12 | 76 | Bob Hall | Vikings | DB |
1960 | 12 | 8 | 140 | Tom Budrewicz | Bears | T |
1958 | 10 | 2 | 111 | Gil Robertshaw | Cardinals | T |
1952 | 28 | 11 | 336 | John Pietro | Browns | G |
1951 | 9 | 8 | 106 | Don Colo | Yanks | T |
1950 | 3 | 1 | 28 | Don Colo | Colts | T |
1950 | 12 | 4 | 148 | Bucky Walters | Lions | T |
1950 | 12 | 13 | 157 | Frank Mahoney | Eagles | E |
1947 | 24 | 7 | 222 | Tom Dorsey | Cardinals | B |
1946 | 6 | 5 | 45 | Jim Lalikos | Giants | T |
1946 | 17 | 2 | 152 | Charley Tiedeman | Yanks | B |
1945 | 21 | 9 | 217 | Phil Teschner | Eagles | T |
1945 | 28 | 10 | 295 | Charley Anthony | Giants | B |
1944 | 6 | 4 | 47 | Dan Savage | Steelers | B |
1944 | 21 | 8 | 216 | Hank Margarita | Bears | B |
1943 | 19 | 5 | 175 | Jay Fidler | Rams | T |
1940 | 3 | 10 | 25 | John McLaughry | Giants | B |
1939 | 16 | 4 | 144 | Irv Hall | Eagles | B[2] |
Notable alumni not in an NFL Draft include:
Championships
They have never won the national championship.
Outright Ivy League Titles: One. 2005 Shared Ivy League Titles: Three. 1976, 1999 & 2008[3]
Bowl game appearances
Season | Date | Bowl | W/L | Opponent | PF | PA | Coach | Notes |
1915 | January 1, 1916 | Rose Bowl | L | Washington State | 0 | 14 | Eddie N. Robinson | notes |
Total | 1 bowl game | 0–1 | 0 | 14 |
Rivalries
Harvard
The first game in the series occurred in 1893. Brown's record versus Harvard is 30-84-2. During recent decades the respective squads meet annually the first weekend of the Ivy League football season.
University of Rhode Island
Dartmouth
Brown has a 31-57-4 record versus Dartmouth. Beginning in 2018 Brown will play New England Ivy League rival Dartmouth in their final game.
References
- ↑ "Brown Bears 2012 Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ↑ DraftHistory.com
- ↑ Ivy League (PDF) http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/media_guide/15fbguide-YearbyYearHistory.pdf. Missing or empty
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