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
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	John Anderson (8th season)
Captains	Larry Carbone John Woodring
Home stadium	Brown Stadium
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Ivy League football standings

v t e	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 28–11	10,000	[5]
October 11	Penn	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 42–22	4,500	[6]
October 18	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 32–25	7,000	[7]
October 25	Holy Cross*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 21–3	1,400	[8]
November 1	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 16–17	16,000	[9]
November 15	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 24–28	5,917	[10]
November 22	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	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. # Name Class TE 85 Steve Jordan Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 John Woodring Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach John Anderson 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.