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Brown

IVY · 1979 Season · Final

Rebuilding −
Record
6–3
0.667 Win %
Conference
2nd
5–2 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1878–1981
All-Time Record
431–392–35
0.523 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#8
1880
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 0 · Top 10: 4 · Top 25: 18
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 30 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 17 seasons · 3 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Brown head-to-head · History & Eras

1979 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 25Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1L 12–13
6Week 6 · Oct 2RHODE ISLANDUnranked—W 31–13
7Week 7 · Oct 9Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4W 31–12
8Week 8 · Oct 16Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY0–9W 24–18
9Week 9 · Oct 23Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4W 28–7
10Week 10 · Oct 30Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI5–6L 7–14
11Week 11 · Nov 6Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY3–6W 23–14
12Week 12 · Nov 13Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–4–1L 10–24
13Week 13 · Nov 20Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–8W 31–14

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.683
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+3
-11+14
  • Princeton +5
  • Cornell +5
  • Harvard +3
  • Columbia +1
  • Pennsylvania 0
  • Yale -1
  • Dartmouth -4
  • Holy Cross -6

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #47Better than 66%
Win % Place 31stBetter than 78%

0.667 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#47Regular Season Final#47Post-Season W2#47Post-Season W3#47Post-Season W4#47Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-1
+18
+19
+6
+21
-7
+9
-14
+17

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#651974#391975#211976#401977#431978

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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