2019 Brown Bears football team

2019 Brown Bears football
File:Brown Bears wordmark.png
Conference	Ivy League
2019 record	( Ivy)
Head coach	James Perry (1st year)
Home stadium	Brown Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)
Seasons « 2018 2020 »

2019 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Brown		0	–	0					0	–	0
Columbia		0	–	0					0	–	0
Cornell		0	–	0					0	–	0
Dartmouth		0	–	0					0	–	0
Harvard		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn		0	–	0					0	–	0
No. 24 Princeton		0	–	0					0	–	0
Yale		0	–	0					0	–	0
*The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs

The 2019 Brown Bears football team will represent Brown University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They will be led by first-year head coach James Perry and play their home games at Brown Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League.

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Brown Bears football team

The Bears finished the 2018 season 1–9, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in last place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Bears were picked to finish in eighth place.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result
September 21	at Bryant*	Beirne Stadium Smithfield, RI
September 28	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+
October 5	Rhode Island*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI (rivalry)
October 12	Holy Cross*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI
October 19	Princeton	Brown Stadium Providence, RI
October 26	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY
November 2	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA
November 9	Yale	Brown Stadium Providence, RI
November 16	at Columbia	Wien Stadium Manhattan, NY
November 23	Dartmouth	Brown Stadium Providence, RI
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

at Bryant

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears					0
Bulldogs					0

See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2017	W, 28–23

at Harvard

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears					0
Crimson					0

See also: 2019 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–85–2	2018	L, 17–31

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	OT
Rams					0
Bears					0

See also: 2019 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
73–27–2	2018	L, 0–48

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	OT
Crusaders					0
Bears					0

See also: 2019 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–32–3	2015	W, 25–24

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	OT
Tigers					0
Bears					0

See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–57	2018	L, 10–48

at Cornell

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears					0
Big Red					0

See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–28–1	2018	L, 16–34

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears					0
Quakers					0

See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–61–2	2018	L, 7–13

Yale

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bulldogs					0
Bears					0

See also: 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–83–5	2018	L, 16–46

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	OT
Bears					0
Lions					0

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
51–29–2	2018	L, 20–42

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	OT
Big Green					0
Bears					0

See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–60–4	2018	L, 7–49