1977 Brown Bears football team

1977 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Louis Cole
  • B. Hill
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 7 2 0
Brown 5 2 0 7 2 0
Harvard 4 3 0 4 5 0
Penn 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 6 3 0
Princeton 3 4 0 3 6 0
Cornell 1 6 0 1 8 0
Columbia 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1977 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. A year after its first Ivy League championship, Brown dropped to second place.

In their third season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 173 to 96. Louis Cole and B. Hill were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 101 to 73.[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. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.