2017 Brown Bears football team
The 2017 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 2–8, 0–7 in Ivy League play, to finish in eighth place. Brown averaged 4,858 fans per game.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 2–8 (0–7 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Frank Sheehan |
Defensive coordinator | Michael Kelleher |
Home stadium | Brown Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
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No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of four home games, five away games, and one game against Dartmouth at Fenway Park in Boston. The Bears hosted Ivy League foes Princeton and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia.
As in 2016, Brown's non-conference opponents were Bryant of the Northeast Conference, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Stetson of the Pioneer Football League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Bryant* | ILN | W 28–23 | 3,770 | |
September 23 | Noon | at Harvard | NESN+ | L 28–45 | 10,651 | |
September 30 | 12:30 p.m. | Rhode Island* |
| ILN | W 24–21 | 3,191 |
October 7 | 12:30 p.m. | at Stetson* | ESPN3 | L 13–17 | 1,689 | |
October 14 | 12:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| ILN | L 0–53 | 3,028 |
October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Cornell | ILN | L 7–34 | 13,514 | |
October 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Penn |
| ELVN | L 7–17 | 2,008 |
November 3 | 8:00 p.m. | at Yale | NBCSN | L 7–34 | 8,216 | |
November 10 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Dartmouth | NBCSN | L 10–33 | 12,297 | |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | SNY | L 6–24 | 5,341 | |
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Game summaries
Bryant
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bryant | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Brown | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); mostly sunny, muggy
- Game attendance: 3,770
- Referee: H. Johns
- Box Score
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Harvard
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: September 23
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,651
- Referee: C. Jebran
- Box Score
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Rhode Island
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rhode Island | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Brown | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
- Date: September 30
- Game time: 7:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); overcast, cool
- Game attendance: 3,191
- Referee: T. Kichline
- Box Score
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Stetson
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Stetson | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL
- Date: October 7
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C)
- Game attendance: 1,689
- Referee: G. Waybright
- Box Score
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Princeton
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Princeton | 16 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 53 |
Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
- Date: October 14
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); light rain
- Game attendance: 3,028
- Referee: T. Marcella
- Box Score
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Cornell
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Cornell | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
- Date: October 21
- Game time: 3:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy, warm
- Game attendance: 13,514
- Referee: C. Bloh
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Penn
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
- Date: October 28
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 2,008
- Referee: M. Overton
- Box Score
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Yale
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Yale | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: November 3
- Game time: 8:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 8,216
- Referee: T. Boyd
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Dartmouth
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dartmouth | 6 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Fenway Park • Boston, MA
- Date: November 10
- Game time: 8:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 27 °F (−3 °C); clear and cold
- Game attendance: 12,297
- Referee: J. Gray
- Box Score
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Columbia
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Columbia | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C); overcast
- Game attendance: 5,341
- Referee: T. Kichline
- Box Score
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References
- "2017 Brown Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.