1981 Brown Bears football team

The 1981 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Brown tied for fifth place in the Ivy League.

1981 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
1981 record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coachJohn Anderson (9th season)
Captains
  • D. Finneran
  • T. Holcombe
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1981 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale + 6 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Dartmouth + 6 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Princeton 5 –1 –1  5 –4 –1
Harvard 4 –2 –1  5 –4 –1
Brown 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Cornell 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Penn 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

In their ninth season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 250 to 153. T. Holcombe and D. Finneran were the team captains.[1]

The Bears' 2–5 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 185 to 102 by Ivy opponents.[2]

This would be Brown's last season in the NCAA's top level of football competition. Shortly after the season ended, the NCAA reassigned all of the Ivy League teams to the second-tier Division I-AA,[3] which would later be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision.

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 at Yale
L 7–28 17,000 [4]
September 26 at Army*
L 17–23 31,859 [5]
October 3 Princeton
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 17–20 5,800 [6]
October 10 at Penn
W 26–24 11,239 [7]
October 17 Cornell
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 9–14 10,300 [8]
October 24 at Holy Cross*
L 24–34 14,792 [9]
October 31 Harvard
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 7–41 14,600 [10]
November 7 at Rhode Island*
W 10–8 9,737 [11]
November 14 at Dartmouth
L 13–38 9,500 [12]
November 21 Columbia
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 23–20 4,800 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
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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. Roberts, Ernie (December 4, 1981). "Big Guys on Block Bully Ivy, HC Football". The Boston Globe. Boston, Mass.
  4. Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1981). "Diana Provides Spark as Yale Burns Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Ward, Gene (September 27, 1981). "Army Too Much, Holds Off Brown Surge". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Ahern, John (October 4, 1981). "Princeton, Holly Stop Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Shister, Gail (October 11, 1981). "Temple Wins Its Third, but Penn Comes Up Empty; Late Rally by Quakers Falls Short". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-F – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cornell Nips Brown; Colgate Rolls, 30-0". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. October 11, 1981. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Roberts, Ernie (October 25, 1981). "HC Rolls by Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Roberts, Ernie (November 1, 1981). "Harvard Rips Brown". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Monahan, Bob (November 8, 1981). "Brown Masters Rhody". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Dartmouth Throttles Brown". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vt. Associated Press. November 15, 1981. pp. 3C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Brown 23, Columbia 20". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 22, 1981. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
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