1978 Brown Bears football team

1978 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • N. Jacob
  • M. Whipple
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 0 6 3 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 1 2 5 2 2
Cornell 3 3 1 5 3 1
Harvard 2 4 1 4 4 1
Columbia 2 4 1 3 5 1
Princeton 1 4 2 2 5 2
Penn 1 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for second place in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 189 to 165. N. Jacob and M. Whipple were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 6–3 conference record tied for second-best in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 155 to 123.[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.