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.

2017 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Sheehan (12th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMichael Kelleher (17th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 24 Yale $ 61  91 
Columbia 52  82 
Dartmouth 52  82 
Penn 43  64 
Harvard 34  55 
Cornell 34  37 
Princeton 25  55 
Brown 07  28 
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

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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]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1612:30 p.m.Bryant*ILNW 28–233,770
September 23Noonat HarvardNESN+L 28–4510,651
September 3012:30 p.m.Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
ILNW 24–213,191
October 712:30 p.m.at Stetson*ESPN3L 13–171,689
October 1412:30 p.m.Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
ILNL 0–533,028
October 213:00 p.m.at CornellILNL 7–3413,514
October 2812:30 p.m.Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
ELVNL 7–172,008
November 38:00 p.m.at YaleNBCSNL 7–348,216
November 108:00 p.m.vs. DartmouthNBCSNL 10–3312,297
November 181:00 p.m.at ColumbiaSNYL 6–245,341

Game summaries

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Bryant

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Bryant vs. Brown – Game summary
Period1234Total
Bryant377623
Brown7714028

at Brown StadiumProvidence, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard

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Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period1234Total
Brown2002628
Harvard14717745

at Harvard StadiumBoston, MA

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 10,651
  • Referee: C. Jebran
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Rhode Island

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Rhode Island vs. Brown – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhode Island770721
Brown3021024

at Brown StadiumProvidence, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Stetson

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Brown vs. Stetson – Game summary
Period1234Total
Brown070613
Stetson377017

at Spec Martin StadiumDeLand, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Princeton

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Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
Period1234Total
Princeton162010753
Brown00000

at Brown StadiumProvidence, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell

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Brown vs. Cornell – Game summary
Period1234Total
Brown00077
Cornell31071434

at Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, 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
  • [Box Score]
Game information
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Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Penn

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Penn vs. Brown – Game summary
Period1234Total
Penn1430017
Brown70007

at Brown StadiumProvidence, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Yale

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Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
Period1234Total
Brown00077
Yale2077034

at Yale BowlNew 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
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

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Brown vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
Period1234Total
Dartmouth6177333
Brown030710

at Fenway ParkBoston, 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Columbia

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Brown vs. Columbia – Game summary
Period1234Total
Brown00606
Columbia773724

at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew 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
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Brown Football Schedule". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.