1957 Brown Bears football team

The 1957 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 1957 college football season.

1957 Brown Bears football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Alva Kelley (7th season)
Captain	Gil Robertshaw
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1956 1958 →

1957 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Yale	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Harvard	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

In their seventh season under head coach Alva Kelley, the Bears compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 154 to 125. Gil Robertshaw was the team captain.^[1]

The Bears' 3–4 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League. They were outscored by Ivy opponents, 111 to 100.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Columbia	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 20–23	10,500	[3]
October 5	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–20	31,789	[4]
October 12	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–35	13,500	[5]
October 19	Penn	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–7	8,000	[6]
October 26	Rhode Island*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 21–7	18,500	[7]
November 2	Princeton	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 0–7	9,000	[8]
November 9	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–13	11,000	[9]
November 16	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 33–6	17,000	[10]
November 28	Colgate*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 33–7	10,500	[11]
*Non-conference game