1991 Brown Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1991
| team = Brown Bears
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 1–9
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Mickey Kwiatkowski
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = J. Pankau
| captain2 = Rodd Torbert
| stadium = Brown Stadium
}}
{{1991 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1991 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Brown tied for last in the Ivy League.
In their second season under head coach Mickey Kwiatkowski, the Bears compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 372 to 227. J. Pankau and Rodd Torbert were the team captains.{{cite web |title=Game-by-Game Results (1878-2019) (Football) |publisher=Brown University |location=Providence, R.I. |access-date=July 3, 2020 |url=https://brownbears.com/sports/2018/5/8/game-by-game-results-1878-2015-football.aspx?id=2646}}
The Bears' 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. They were outscored 246 to 163 by Ivy opponents.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|page=34}} Brown's only win was in the final week of the year, against fellow cellar-dweller Columbia.
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| attend = y
| source = y
| rankyear = 1991
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| September 21 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | L 20-36
| 11,197 | {{cite news |title=Yale Comes Up Big Against Brown |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 22, 1991 |page=69 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58552700/1991-brown-yale/ }}
| September 28 | @ | #20 Marshall
| Marshall University Stadium | Huntington, WV | L 0-46
| 22,223 | {{cite news |title=Marshall 46, Brown 0 |agency=Associated Press |date=September 29, 1991 |page=69 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58555769/1991-s28-briefs/ }}
| October 5 | | Rhode Island
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI (rivalry) | L 36-38
| 8,200 | {{cite news |title=Brown's Late Charge Falls Short |first=Jim |last=Greenidge |date=October 6, 1991 |page=57 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58556016/1991-brown-uri/ }}
| October 12 | | Princeton
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 37-59
| 10,300 | {{cite news |title=Receiving Mark Tied as Princeton Wins, 59-37 |first=Jonathan D. |last=Rockoff |date=October 13, 1991 |page=10-D |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58557619/1991-brown-princeton/ }}
| October 19 | @ | #3 Holy Cross
| Fitton Field | Worcester, MA | L 28-42
| 15,481 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Answers Wakeup Call |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 20, 1991 |page=65 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58558619/1991-brown-hc/ }}
| October 26 | @ | Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | L 19-28
| 22,208 | {{cite news |title=Penn Beats Brown for 1st Victory of Season |first=M.G. |last=Missanelli |date=October 27, 1991 |page=10-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58559264/1991-brown-penn/ }}
| November 2 | | Cornell
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 17-20
| 6,000 | {{cite news |title=Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown |first=Brad |last=Herzog |date=November 4, 1991 |page=1B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58577456/1991-brown-cornell/ }}
| November 9 | | Harvard
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 29-35
| 5,750 | {{cite news |title=Johnson Gives Harvard a Rush |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 10, 1991 |page=69 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58578554/1991-brown-harvard/ }}
| November 16 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 13-45
| 6,111 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Tramples Brown |first=Tom |last=Haley |date=November 17, 1991 |page=B1 |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58590014/1991-brown-dartmouth/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Dartmouth, 45-13 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 17, 1991 |page=103 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58589362/1991-harvard-penn/ }}
| November 23 | | Columbia
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 28-23
| 5,250 | {{cite news |title=Brown Holds Off Columbia for First Victory |date=November 24, 1991 |pages=S6, S7 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
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