The 1973 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. After seven years of last- or second-to-last-place finishes, Brown rose to fifth place in the Ivy League.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 4–3–1 (4–3 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | B. Ball |
Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first season under head coach John Anderson, the Bears compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents 183 to 163. B. Ball was the team captain.[1]
The Bears' 4–3 conference record placed fifth in the Ivy League standings, the team's best showing since 1964. They outscored Ivy opponents 163 to 143.[2]
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 29 | Rhode Island* |
| T 20–20 | 10,000–10,200 | [3][4] | ||
October 6 | at Penn | L 20–28 | 10,991 | [5] | |||
October 13 | Yale | W 34–25 | 17,800 | [6] | |||
October 20 | Dartmouth |
| L 16–28 | 10,056 | [7] | ||
November 3 | at Princeton | W 7–6 | 15,500 | [8] | |||
November 10 | at Cornell | W 17–7 | 9,000 | [9] | |||
November 17 | Harvard |
| L 32–35 | 15,792 | [10] | ||
November 24 | Columbia |
| W 37–14 | 7,500 | [11] | ||
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