The 2017 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Phil Estes and played their home games at Brown Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 2–8, 0–7 in Ivy League play, to finish in eighth place. Brown averaged 4,858 fans per game.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 2–8 (0–7 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Frank Sheehan (12th season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
Defensive coordinator | Michael Kelleher (17th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Brown Stadium |
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No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 schedule consisted of four home games, five away games, and one game against Dartmouth at Fenway Park in Boston. The Bears hosted Ivy League foes Princeton and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia.
As in 2016, Brown's non-conference opponents were Bryant of the Northeast Conference, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Stetson of the Pioneer Football League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 12:30 p.m. | Bryant* | ILN | W 28–23 | 3,770 | |
September 23 | Noon | at Harvard | NESN+ | L 28–45 | 10,651 | |
September 30 | 12:30 p.m. | Rhode Island* |
| ILN | W 24–21 | 3,191 |
October 7 | 12:30 p.m. | at Stetson* | ESPN3 | L 13–17 | 1,689 | |
October 14 | 12:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| ILN | L 0–53 | 3,028 |
October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Cornell | ILN | L 7–34 | 13,514 | |
October 28 | 12:30 p.m. | Penn |
| ELVN | L 7–17 | 2,008 |
November 3 | 8:00 p.m. | at Yale | NBCSN | L 7–34 | 8,216 | |
November 10 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Dartmouth | NBCSN | L 10–33 | 12,297 | |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | SNY | L 6–24 | 5,341 | |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bryant | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Brown | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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Rhode Island | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Brown | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Stetson | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL
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Princeton | 16 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 53 |
Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Cornell | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Yale | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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Dartmouth | 6 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
Brown | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Fenway Park • Boston, MA
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Columbia | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
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