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1961 Brown

0–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Ivy League), coached by John McLaughry.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1961, game by game: lost vs. Columbia 0–50; lost at Yale 3–14; lost at Dartmouth 0–34; lost at Pennsylvania 0–7; lost vs. Rhode Island 9–12; lost vs. Princeton 0–52; lost at Cornell 0–25; lost at Harvard 6–21; lost vs. Colgate 6–30+7−52Lost 0–50 vs. Columbia-50ColumbiaLost 3–14 at Yale-11YaleLost 0–34 at Dartmouth-34DartmouthLost 0–7 at Pennsylvania-7PennsylvaniaLost 9–12 vs. Rhode Island-3Rhode IslandLost 0–52 vs. Princeton-52PrincetonLost 0–25 at Cornell-25CornellLost 6–21 at Harvard-15HarvardLost 6–30 vs. Colgate-24Colgate
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsColumbiaL 0–⁠5056%
Oct 7atYaleL 3–⁠1415%
Oct 14atDartmouthL 0–⁠3417%
Oct 21atPennsylvaniaL 0–⁠732%
Oct 28vsRhode IslandL 9–⁠1283%
Nov 4vsPrincetonL 0–⁠5228%
Nov 11atCornellL 0–⁠2534%
Nov 18atHarvardL 6–⁠2117%
Nov 23vsColgateL 6–⁠3034%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colgate 30–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 112th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
0–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
24–⁠245
Coach
John McLaughry
Elo
1222 −173 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−39.6 No. 111 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
N.J. Rohrback

1961 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Harvard6–⁠16–⁠3
Columbia6–⁠16–⁠3
Dartmouth5–⁠26–⁠3
Princeton5–⁠25–⁠4
Yale3–⁠44–⁠5
Cornell2–⁠53–⁠6
Pennsylvania1–⁠62–⁠7
Brown0–⁠70–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.