1980 Brown Bears football team

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.

1980 Brown Bears football
ConferenceIvy League
1980 record6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Larry Carbone
  • John Woodring
Home stadiumBrown Stadium
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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.[1]

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.[2]

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 [3]
September 27 Bucknell*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 20–28 7,000 [4]
October 4 at Princeton
W 28–11 10,000 [5]
October 11 Penn
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 42–22 4,500 [6]
October 18 at Cornell
W 32–25 7,000 [7]
October 25 Holy Cross*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 21–3 1,400 [8]
November 1 at Harvard
L 16–17 16,000 [9]
November 15 Dartmouth
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
L 24–28 5,917 [10]
November 22 at Columbia
W 31–13 5,125 [11]
November 27 Rhode Island*
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI (rivalry)
W 9–3 7,200 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

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