1987 Brown Bears football team

1987 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Walt Cataldo
  • Mark Donovan
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
Brown 5 2 0 7 3 0
Yale 5 2 0 7 3 0
Princeton 4 3 0 6 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 5 0
Penn 3 4 0 4 6 0
Dartmouth 1 6 0 2 8 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1987 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown finished second in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 7–3 record but were outscored 160 to 144. Walt Cataldo and Mark Donovan were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 117 to 97.[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. 32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.