American college football season
The1997 Brown Bears football team was anAmerican football team that representedBrown University during the1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Brown tied for third in theIvy League .
In their fourth and final season under head coachMark 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 atBrown Stadium inProvidence, Rhode Island .
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 20 atYale W 52–14 15,315 [ 3] September 27 Lafayette * W 35–27 3,172 [ 4] October 4 atFordham * 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 atPenn 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 atDartmouth L 7–13 2,515 [ 12] November 22 Columbia Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 42–11 1,520 [ 13] *Non-conference game Homecoming
^ a: In January 1998,Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after stardefensive 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]
^a b "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)" . Providence, R.I.:Brown University . RetrievedJuly 3, 2020 .^a b "Year-by-Year History".Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:Ivy League . 2017. p. 37. RetrievedJuly 10, 2020 . ^ Berlet, Bruce (September 21, 1997)."Siedlecki's Opener a Long Afternoon" .The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – viaNewspapers.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 – viaNewspapers.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 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Princeton Gives Brown Its First Loss" .The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.Associated Press . October 12, 1997. p. C10 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Perry Engineers a Win for Brown" .Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass.Associated Press . October 19, 1997. p. D17 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Jensen, Mike (October 26, 1997)."Sophomore's Big Catches Lead Penn Past Brown" .The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – viaNewspapers.com . ^a b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998)."Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case" .Philadelphia Daily News . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ McShea, Keith (November 3, 1997)."Just a Bad Day: Red Falls, 37-12, at Brown" .The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997)."Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard" .Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C21 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ Haley, Tom (November 16, 1997)."Dartmouth Remains Alive in Ivy Race, Downs Brown" .The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. p. B1 – viaNewspapers.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 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year" . Philadelphia, Pa.:University of Pennsylvania . p. 159. RetrievedJune 20, 2020 .
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