1957 Brown Bears football team

1957 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGil Robertshaw
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton $ 6 1 0 7 2 0
Dartmouth 5 1 1 7 1 1
Yale 4 2 1 6 2 1
Brown 3 4 0 5 4 0
Cornell 3 4 0 3 6 0
Penn 3 4 0 3 6 0
Harvard 2 5 0 3 5 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 college football season.

In their seventh season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 154 to 125. Gil Robertshaw was the team captain.[1]

The Bears' 3–4 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League. They were outscored by Ivy opponents, 111 to 100.[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. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.