1999 Brown Bears football team
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The 1999 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown was co-champion of the Ivy League.
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Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) |
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| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | David Duggan (2nd season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Brown + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their second season under head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled a 9–1 record and outscored opponents 324 to 239. James Perry, Jason Wargin and A. Smith were the team captains.[1]
The Bears' 6–1 conference record tied for first place in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 225 to 168.[2] Brown's wins included a defeat of 1999's Ivy co-champion, Yale. It was Brown's first share of an Ivy title since 1976.
Unranked throughout the year, Brown was finally recognized in the national Division I-AA poll after its final game of the season, ranked at No. 25.
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | at Yale | W 25–24 | 17,398 | [3] | |||
| September 25 | Lafayette* | W 35–28 | 5,448 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | Cornell |
| L 28–33 | 13,260 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | Princeton |
| W 53–30 | 5,122 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | Rhode Island* |
| W 27–25 | 7,032 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | at Penn | W 44–37 | 13,116 | [8] | |||
| October 30 | at Fordham* | W 37–18 | [1] | ||||
| November 6 | Harvard |
| W 17–10 | 13,371 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | at Dartmouth | W 35–28 | 6,113 | [10] | |||
| November 20 | Columbia |
| W 23–6 | 12,076 | [11] | ||
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