Brown Bears football

Brown Bears

2015 Brown Bears football team

First season

1878

Athletic director

Jack Hayes

Head coach

Phil Estes
18th year, 103–66 (.609)

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)

Claimed nat'l titles

Conference titles

Division titles

Heisman winners

Consensus All-Americans

Colors

Seal Brown, White, and Cardinal^[1]

Fight song

Ever True

Marching band

Brown University Band

Rivals

Harvard Crimson
Penn Quakers

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.

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
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 Bears and Crimson meet annually in the first game of the Ivy League football season. The result of the game almost always determines how the season will play out. In 2008, Brown beat Harvard for the first time in nearly a decade, 24-22, in Providence. The two teams would end up sharing the Ivy League title with matching 6-1 records.

University of Rhode Island

Main article: Governor's Cup (Rhode Island)

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 |title= (help)

External links

Official website

Brown Bears football

Venues	Brown Stadium (1925–present)

Bowls & rivalries	1916 Rose Bowl Penn Princeton Rhode Island Yale

Culture & lore	Brown University Band Bruno "Ever True To Brown"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Brown University

Schools	College Graduate School Alpert Medical School School of Engineering

Research Centers	Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Watson Institute for International Studies Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World

Athletics	Ivy League Brown Bears Brown Stadium Meehan Auditorium Murray Stadium Pizzitola Sports Center Stevenson Field

Campus	Buildings Statues Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Ladd Observatory John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Sciences Library John Carter Brown Library John Hay Library University Hall Van Wickle Gates

History	History of Brown University List of Brown University people Alumni Faculty Presidents

Student Life	Traditions Alma Mater Brown Daily Herald The College Hill Independent Brown Journal of World Affairs WBRU Brown Student & Community Radio Brown Television The Brown Jug The Brown Noser Brown Political Review Critical Review

Organizations	Brown Band University Orchestra Production Workshop Opera Productions The Chattertocks of Brown University Badmaash Dance Company Sarah Doyle Women's Center

Ivy League football

Current teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs

Championships	Champions

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