Brown Stadium

Brown Stadium
Tenants
Main grandstand of Brown Stadium
Former names	Brown University Field
Location	400 Elmgrove Ave, Providence, RI 02906
Coordinates	41°50′32″N 71°23′40″W / 41.84222°N 71.39444°W / 41.84222; -71.39444Coordinates: 41°50′32″N 71°23′40″W / 41.84222°N 71.39444°W / 41.84222; -71.39444
Owner	Brown University
Operator	Brown University
Capacity	20,000
Surface	Grass
Opened	September, 1925
Brown Bears (NCAA) (1925-present)

View from the grandstand, 2008

As seen in 2008

Brown Stadium is a football stadium located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the home of Brown University's football and outdoor track teams. The athletic teams at Brown University, known as the Bears, compete in the Ivy League.

The stadium opened in 1925, and was originally known as Brown University Field. It is located on Elmgrove Avenue in the city's East Side. It is approximately 3/4 of a mile from the rest of the athletic facilities and over a mile from the main campus. The stadium consists of the unique trapezoid-shaped southwest stands and a smaller section of concrete bleachers on the northeast side. The stands are on either side of the field and a running track. The press box traverses the entire top of the southwest stands, and the rear of the southwest side includes several ornate "B" logos and the university's seal, as well as two stone bear's heads on either end of the stands. The original wooden benches were replaced with aluminum ones in 1978 as part of the football team's 100th anniversary. The stadium currently has a capacity of 20,000. Brown Stadium also served as the site of an Abercrombie and Fitch photo shoot in 2004.

Brown has had many successful teams since the stadium opened, including the Iron Man team of 1926, when eleven players played the entirety of two games and most of a third; the 1976, 1999, 2005, and 2008 Ivy League championship teams; as well as players such as Joe Paterno '50, former head football coach at Penn State, and several former NFL stars such as Don Colo of the Cleveland Browns and Steve Jordan of the Minnesota Vikings.

It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1976 and 1985.

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Preceded by Rutgers Stadium	Host of the College Cup 1964	Succeeded by Francis Field

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

Football stadiums of the Ivy League

Brown Stadium (Brown) Wien Stadium (Columbia) Schoellkopf Field (Cornell) Memorial Field (Dartmouth) Harvard Stadium (Harvard) Franklin Field (Penn) Princeton Stadium (Princeton) Yale Bowl (Yale)

College football venues in Rhode Island

Division I
FCS

CAA	Meade Stadium (Rhode Island)

Ivy League	Brown Stadium (Brown)

Northeast	Bulldog Stadium (Bryant)

Division III

NEFC	Toppa Field at Freebody Park (Salve Regina)

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