1983 Brown Bears football team

1983 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–5–1 (4–2–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Daniel
  • J. Potter
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 1 1 6 2 2
Penn + 5 1 1 6 3 1
Brown 4 2 1 4 5 1
Dartmouth 4 2 1 4 5 1
Cornell 3 3 1 3 6 1
Princeton 2 5 0 4 6 0
Columbia 1 5 1 1 7 2
Yale 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1983 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their eleventh and final season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 4–5–1 record and were outscored 237 to 204. John Daniel and J. Potter were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 4–2–1 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 138.[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. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.