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American college football season

1980 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Larry Carbone
  • John Woodring
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
Seasons← 19791981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cornell 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their sixth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 240 to 195. Larry Carbone and John Woodring were the team captains.

The Bears' 4–3 conference record earned them part of a four-way tie third place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 190 to 161.

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1955 that Brown played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Yale
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 17–45 15,500
September 27 Bucknell*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 20–28 7,000
October 4 at Princeton W 28–11 10,000
October 11 Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–22 4,500
October 18 at Cornell W 32–25 7,000
October 25 Holy Cross*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 21–3 1,400
November 1 at Harvard L 16–17 16,000
November 15 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 24–28 5,917
November 22 at Columbia W 31–13 5,125
November 27 Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 9–3 7,200
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1980 Brown Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 85 Steve Jordan Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 45 John Woodring Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  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. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Visser, Lesley (September 21, 1980). "Yale Rolls over Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell 28, Brown 20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 28, 1980. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bruns, John (October 5, 1980). "Punchless Tigers Lose 3rd Straight as Brown Coasts". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Monahan, Bob (October 12, 1980). "Brown Grinds Down Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Taussig, Pete (October 19, 1980). "Brown Fells Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Powers, John (October 26, 1980). "Weather, Holy Cross No Problem for Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Powers, John (November 2, 1980). "Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 16, 1980). "Dartmouth Comes Back". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Brown 31, Columbia 13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Visser, Lesley (November 28, 1980). "Brown Staves Off Rhode Island, 9-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 75 – via Newspapers.com.
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