2017 Brown Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2017
| team = Brown Bears
| sport = football
| image = Brown Bears wordmark.png
| image_size = 100
| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 0–7
| head_coach = Phil Estes
| hc_year = 20th
| off_coach = Frank Sheehan
| oc_year = 12th
| off_scheme = Pro-style
| def_coach = Michael Kelleher
| dc_year = 17th
| def_scheme = 4–3
| captain =
| stadium = Brown Stadium
}}
{{2017 Ivy League football standings}}
The 2017 Brown Bears football team represented Brown University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Phil Estes, the Bears compiled an overall record of 2–8 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of eight teams in the Ivy League. Brown played home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
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.{{cite web|title=2017 Brown Football Schedule|url=http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/schedule|publisher=Brown University Athletics|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313213749/http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/schedule|archive-date=13 March 2017|url-status=dead}}
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2017
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = STATS
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Bryant
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| tv = ILDN
| score = 28–23
| attend = 3,770
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time = Noon
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| tv = NESN+
| score = 28–45
| attend = 10,651
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Rhode Island
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| gamename = rivalry
| tv = ILN
| score = 24–21
| attend = 3,191
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Stetson
| site_stadium = Spec Martin Stadium
| site_cityst = DeLand, FL
| tv = ESPN3
| score = 13–17
| attend = 1,689
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| tv = ILN
| score = 0–53
| attend = 3,028
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| tv = ILN
| score = 7–34
| attend = 13,514
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| tv = ELVN
| score = 7–17
| attend = 2,008
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|November 3|Friday}}
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| tv = NBCSN
| score = 7–34
| attend = 8,216
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|November 10|Friday}}
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| neutral = y
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Fenway Park
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| tv = NBCSN
| score = 10–33
| attend = 12,297
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| tv = SNY
| score = 6–24
| attend = 5,341
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brown Bears Schedule 2017 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/225/season/2017 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 8, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2017 Football Schedule |url=https://brownbears.com/sports/football/schedule/2017 |publisher=Brown University Athletics |access-date=August 8, 2024 }}
Game summaries
=Bryant=
{{see also|2017 Bryant Bulldogs football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Bryant vs. Brown – Game summary
|date=September 16
|time=12:30 p.m.
|road=Bryant
|R1=3 |R2=7 |R3=7 |R4=6
|home=Brown
|H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=14|H4=0
|stadium=Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
|attendance=3,770
|weather={{convert|80|F|C}}; mostly sunny, muggy
|referee=H. Johns
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20170916_c3z2.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Harvard=
{{see also|2017 Harvard Crimson football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary
|date=September 23
|time=Noon
|road=Brown
|R1=2 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=26
|home=Harvard
|H1=14 |H2=7 |H3=17 |H4=7
|stadium=Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
|attendance=10,651
|weather={{convert|70|F|C}}; partly cloudy
|referee=C. Jebran
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20170923_jwcg.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Rhode Island=
{{see also|2017 Rhode Island Rams football team|Brown–Rhode Island football rivalry}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Rhode Island vs. Brown – Game summary
|date=September 30
|time=7:00 p.m.
|road=Rhode Island
|R1=7 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=7
|home=Brown
|H1=3 |H2=0 |H3=21 |H4=0
|stadium=Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
|attendance=3,191
|weather={{convert|55|F|C}}; overcast, cool
|referee=T. Kichline
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20170930_s9mu.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Stetson=
{{see also|2017 Stetson Hatters football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Stetson – Game summary
|date=October 7
|time=12:30 p.m.
|road=Brown
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=0 |R4=6
|home=Stetson
|H1=3 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=0
|stadium=Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL
|attendance=1,689
|weather={{convert|87|F|C}}
|referee=G. Waybright
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171007_dzg9.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Princeton=
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Princeton vs. Brown – Game summary
|date=October 14
|time=12:30 p.m.
|road=Princeton
|R1=16 |R2=20 |R3=10 |R4=7
|home=Brown
|H1=0 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=0
|stadium=Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
|attendance=3,028
|weather={{convert|63|F|C}}; light rain
|referee=T. Marcella
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171014_eksh.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Cornell=
{{see also|2017 Cornell Big Red football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Cornell – Game summary
|date=October 21
|time=3:00 p.m.
|road=Brown
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7
|home=Cornell
|H1=3 |H2=10 |H3=7 |H4=14
|stadium=Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
|attendance=13,514
|weather={{convert|73|F|C}}; partly cloudy, warm
|referee=C. Bloh
|TV=
|reference= [Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Penn=
{{see also|2017 Penn Quakers football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Penn vs. Brown – Game summary
|date=October 28
|time=12:30 p.m.
|road=Penn
|R1=14 |R2=3 |R3=0 |R4=0
|home=Brown
|H1=7 |H2=0 |H3=0 |H4=0
|stadium=Brown Stadium • Providence, RI
|attendance=2,008
|weather={{convert|66|F|C}}; partly cloudy
|referee=M. Overton
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171028_fvqj.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Yale=
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
|date={{tooltip|November 3|Friday}}
|time=8:00 p.m.
|road=Brown
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7
|home=Yale
|H1=20 |H2=7 |H3=7 |H4=0
|stadium=Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
|attendance=8,216
|weather={{convert|62|F|C}}; partly cloudy
|referee=T. Boyd
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171103_qget.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Dartmouth=
{{see also|2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
|date={{tooltip|November 10|Friday}}
|time=8:00 p.m.
|road=Dartmouth
|R1=6 |R2=17 |R3=7 |R4=3
|home=Brown
|H1=0 |H2=3 |H3=0 |H4=7
|stadium=Fenway Park • Boston, MA
|attendance=12,297
|weather={{convert|27|F|C}}; clear and cold
|referee=J. Gray
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171110_nrkr.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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=Columbia=
{{see also|2017 Columbia Lions football team}}
{{Americanfootballbox
|titlestyle= background:#381C00; color:#ffffff;text-align:center;
|state=autocollapse
|title= Brown vs. Columbia – Game summary
|date=November 18
|time=1:00 p.m.
|road=Brown
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=6 |R4=0
|home=Columbia
|H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=3 |H4=7
|stadium=Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
|attendance=5,341
|weather={{convert|47|F|C}}; overcast
|referee=T. Kichline
|TV=
|reference= [http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171118_wu14.xml Box Score]
|scoring=
;First quarter
;Second quarter
;Third quarter
;Fourth quarter
}}
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