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1971 Brown

0–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Ivy League), coached by Len Jardine.

Schedule and results

Brown in 1971, game by game: lost vs. Rhode Island 21–34; lost at Pennsylvania 16–17; lost vs. Yale 10–17; lost vs. Dartmouth 7–10; lost at Colgate 32–42; lost at Princeton 21–49; lost at Cornell 7–21; lost vs. Harvard 19–24; lost vs. Columbia 6–24+7−28Lost 21–34 vs. Rhode Island-13Rhode IslandLost 16–17 at Pennsylvania-1PennsylvaniaLost 10–17 vs. Yale-7YaleLost 7–10 vs. Dartmouth-3DartmouthLost 32–42 at Colgate-10ColgateLost 21–49 at Princeton-28PrincetonLost 7–21 at Cornell-14CornellLost 19–24 vs. Harvard-5HarvardLost 6–24 vs. Columbia-18Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsRhode IslandL 21–⁠3486%
Oct 2atPennsylvaniaL 16–⁠1725%
Oct 9vsYaleL 10–⁠1725%
Oct 16vsDartmouthL 7–⁠1014%
Oct 23atColgateL 32–⁠4230%
Oct 30atPrincetonL 21–⁠4918%
Nov 6atCornellL 7–⁠219%
Nov 13vsHarvardL 19–⁠2430%
Nov 20vsColumbiaL 6–⁠2434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Columbia 24–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 110th-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
139–⁠238
Coach
Len Jardine
Elo
1238 −127 this season
SP+ rating
-13.5 No. 106 of 120; offense No. 92, defense No. 99
SRS
−29.8 No. 126 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
S. Bennett and F. Walsh

1971 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Cornell6–⁠18–⁠1
Dartmouth6–⁠18–⁠1
Columbia5–⁠26–⁠3
Harvard4–⁠35–⁠4
Yale3–⁠44–⁠5
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠5
Pennsylvania1–⁠62–⁠7
Brown0–⁠70–⁠9

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