1979 Brown Bears football team

1979 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • J. Hickey
  • J. Sinnott
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for second place in the Ivy League.

In their seventh season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 197 to 129. J. Hickey and J. Sinnott were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 5–2 conference record tied for second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 159 to 102.[2]

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

  1. ^ "Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football)". Providence, R.I.: Brown University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.