1980 Brown Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1980 Brown Bears football Ivy League Ivy 6–4 4–3 John Anderson 8th Larry Carbone John Woodring Brown Stadium The 1980 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for third place in the Ivy League. In their sixth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 240 to 195. Larry Carbone and John Woodring were the team captains.Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football) Brown University Providence, R.I. July 3, 2020 https://brownbears.com/sports/2018/5/8/game-by-game-results-1878-2015-football.aspx?id=2646 The Bears' 4–3 conference record earned them part of a four-way tie third place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 190 to 161.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 29 Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1955 that Brown played three games against non-Ivy opponents. Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island. Schedule y y y AP 1980 September 20 Yale Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 17-45 15,500 Yale Rolls over Brown Lesley Visser September 21, 1980 84 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54315496/1980-brown-yale September 27 Bucknell<ncg> Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 20-28 7,000 Bucknell 28, Brown 20 September 28, 1980 80 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56473355/1980-s27-ivies October 4 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ W 28-11 10,000 Punchless Tigers Lose 3rd Straight as Brown Coasts John Bruns October 5, 1980 B1 The Home News Sunday New Brunswick, N.J. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56534684/1980-brown-princeton October 11 Penn Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 42-22 4,500 Brown Grinds Down Penn Bob Monahan Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 12, 1980 56 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316400/1980-brown-penn October 18 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 32-25 7,000 Brown Fells Cornell Pete Taussig Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 19, 1980 54 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316770/1980-brown-cornell October 25 Holy Cross<ncg> Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 21-3 1,400 Weather, Holy Cross No Problem for Brown John Powers Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 26, 1980 54 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54320017/1980-brown-holy-cross November 1 @ Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 16-17 16,000 Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely John Powers Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 2, 1980 48 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54320800/1980-brown-harvard/ Newspapers.com November 15 Dartmouth Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 24-28 5,917 Dartmouth Comes Back Ernie Roberts Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 16, 1980 86 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323488/1980-brown-dartmouth/ November 22 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 31-13 5,125 Brown 31, Columbia 13 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980 84 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56540754/1980-brown-columbia Thanksgiving November 27 Rhode Island<ncg> Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry) W 9-3 7,200 Brown Staves Off Rhode Island, 9-3 Lesley Visser Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. November 28, 1980 75 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56541327/1980-brown-uri/ Roster 1980 Brown Bears f 85 Jr Steve Jordan Steve Jordan (tight end) TE y 45 Sr John Woodring LB y *John Anderson References Brown Category:Brown Bears football seasons Brown Bears football