1989 Brown Bears football team

1989 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • J. Burke
  • D. Clark
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale + 6 1 0 8 2 0
Princeton + 6 1 0 7 2 1
Harvard 5 2 0 5 5 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 5 5 0
Cornell 2 5 0 4 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 4 6 0
Brown 2 5 0 2 8 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1989 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their sixth and final season under head coach John Rosenberg, the Bears compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 264 to 168. J. Burke and D. Clark were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 2–5 conference record earned a three-way tie for fifth in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 156 to 137 by Ivy opponents.[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. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.