1963 Brown

3–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Ivy League), coached by John McLaughry.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1963, game by game: lost vs. Columbia 14–41; won at Yale 12–7; lost at Dartmouth 7–14; won vs. Pennsylvania 41–13; won vs. Rhode Island 33–7; lost at Princeton 13–34; lost at Cornell 25–28; lost vs. Harvard 12–24+28−27Lost 14–41 vs. Columbia-27ColumbiaWon 12–7 at Yale+5YaleLost 7–14 at Dartmouth-7DartmouthWon 41–13 vs. Pennsylvania+28PennsylvaniaWon 33–7 vs. Rhode Island+26Rhode IslandLost 13–34 at Princeton-21PrincetonLost 25–28 at Cornell-3CornellLost 12–24 vs. Harvard-12Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 24–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
157–⁠168
Coach
John McLaughry
Elo
1352 −2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.8 No. 97 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
B. Bucci and A. Matteo

1963 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton5–⁠27–⁠2
Dartmouth5–⁠27–⁠2
Harvard4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Yale4–⁠36–⁠3
Cornell4–⁠35–⁠4
Columbia2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Brown2–⁠53–⁠5
Pennsylvania1–⁠63–⁠6

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